Everlasting Four Seasons Hydrangea not blooming
Jason, zone 7A, near Greensboro NC
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Comments (20)Thank you for your thoughtful advice, Springwood Gardens! I appreciate it. We do get pretty hot here in the summer, but it's also very humid. I check on the bushes everyday, and they have not been wilting at all so far-- I do make sure to keep their soil moist; one side already has a drip hose around the plant (far enough out to not get the leaves wet), the other I've just been watering when the soil feels dry half an inch down. I've read enough to know that hydrangeas cannot tolerate BOTH full sun and dry soil. The leaves on my particular Revolutions are noticeably smaller than the leaves on the Horwack I have, which might be why they seem much more resistant to wilt than the Horwack. I will admit if I had done even more research when I started to plant them, I would have placed them in a shadier location for the first 6 months or so... but they have been growing in full sun this whole time, so I'm pretty sure the Revolution can tolerate it (unlike the Horwack). I thought they were more likely to tolerate full sun, too, since I"m in a cooler climate than a lot of hydrangeas will prefer (but, the zone thing doesn't really account for the highs of an area-- we do have highs for most of the summer in upper 80s and lower nineties, with a few spikes or hot weeks over 100 degrees Fahrenheit in August and September. I don't mind babying the little plants, though-- I think as long as I'm conscientious about keeping an eye on the health of the plants from day to day, they should be okay. I'll pot them up and move them out of full sun if I see them struggling. I didn't think hostas grew well in full sun-- am I wrong? I do have some sedum I could transplant around the little guy, but I'm worried about the root competition. When I moved them from gallon pots into the soil I noticed the roots were pretty shallow still. If that would be better than mulch, though, I'll do it. I will definitely build up the mulch-- I'm planning to mulch everything after work today. It's supposed to rain tomorrow. I feel like I should probably snip off the buds for the health of the plants this year so they can put their energy into growing roots and leaves, but I also want to see the blooms since I've read so many posts on here of people believing they have one variety, and when it blooms it turns out to be a different variety. What if I leave one bunch of broccoli intact on each plant and nip off the rest of the flower buds? Will that encourage them to grow more? Sorry if my questions are obvious, these sort of specific information are hard to find on google. Although I like the Horwack a lot, I am really impressed with the Revolution so far. They've been much more hardy than I expected for hydrangeas. And the compact size is perfect as we have a pretty small lot! I attached a picture to show the relative leaf size of the Horwack versus the Revolutions-- this is right after I pulled them out of the shipping container from the ebay seller; so this is the size they all started out at in late April. They've definitely grown....See MoreClimbing hydrangea won't bloom
Comments (42)Your description does sound like CH is doing what it is notorious for... waiting to bloom until it reaches the top of that which it is growing on. High phosphorus levels in other plants encourage blooming but I just do not know if the plant will respond like roses do for example. Epsom salts mostly contain magnesium and some Sulfur. By the way, I am not sure how well the small tendrils will do trying to climb limestone rocks in your garage. Maybe someone has already tried and can chime in....See MoreRepeat blooming white hydrangeas?
Comments (9)Hi Donna - we meet again! Â;) My BB had the slightest hint of powder blue in her 1st season '07. This year she was dressed in pure white, as a bride that lasted for 2.5 mos before showing a hint of blue & proceeds to her usual habit of maturing to wine by Fall, except for those scorched by the sun. She has recently thrown a few more white clusters & hopefully will mature gracefully, with the gentler sun, this time of the year! I hope you BBs surprise you w/ pure white blossoms next season, as did mine!...See MoreUnpruned hydrangeas won't bloom
Comments (12)None of your photos appear to show Annabelle, which is H. arborescens. All the photos except the last (H. paniculata) are H. macrophylla. I don't know what happened to the Annabelle that the tag was attached to, but I doubt that your weather or rodents killed it. Mine in a spot sheltered from western sun is a plant that I basically have to beat back every year since it suckers quite prolifically. It has survived late frosts, being eaten down to nubs by rodents under the snow in a year we had 100+" of snow, and being walked on under the snow when we had to rake the roof. It gets pruned hard in spring following hard winters, and otherwise gets ignored, though it did get watered occasionally the first couple of seasons. It blooms well every year, regardless of all that, so you should feel comfortable about adding one to the garden if you are so inclined. I typically cut out dead wood on my H. macrophyllas with hand pruners, taking those stems to the ground. It looks to me like yours might be small enough to winter protect, either with some type of upended bucket, perhaps after wrapping the plants in horticultural fleece/spun bond row cover or surrounding with chicken wire and filling with leaves. There are a bunch of threads on winter protection for big-leafed hydrangeas on this forum....See Moreluis_pr
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