Add 3 pints fertilizer to soil out from tree trunk. Best way I can explain this is put heels to trunk and fertilize outward that way you will not fertilize close to trunk always fertilize peachtree after fruiting and before blooms set. Now that take care tree hungry by multiplying root count so feed top with water elments needed. At end of porch water fall can be way to high in winter months winter is when roots of peachtree die badly cause over wet soil. Following spring and summer crop and heat load on plant will in short time lesser roots pick all water up. First leaves to eye lost color and fall from tree bumping limb hand will release many leaves limbs and trunk are dieing at sametime this complete cycle caused by winter pastthere as many methods as they are to lower water to tree in area like this I want list them gutter maybe the easy answer.

jena, you two could also just pick different jobs if the labeling or pictures doesn't seem to help. My DH grew up terribly spoiled by a mother with a HUGE martyr complex. He has this idea that he shouldn't have to do anything unless it's enjoyable. Well, guess what.... We have picked jobs for him that don't make my life difficult. It would be wonderful if he could see something which needs to be done and just do it. Or do it so that it meets someone else's needs. His jobs are to take out the trash on Wednesday nights. Get the cars into the shop. (This was a hard one for him.) Do all of the school field trips. Go to weekly Scout meetings and go to summer camp with the Scouts. (we have 2 boys in Scouts now) Make 85% of our income. Invest that income so that I'm not some bag lady when I'm old. Pay all of the bills. Make sure our credit rating is squeeky clean. Make sure there is ALWAYS plenty of money. Make sure everything is set up to get us the best tax advantages. Re-evalutate that our investments are doing well. Make sure my credit cards are paid WITHOUT questioning what I bought. Paying for all of those fix-it jobs around the house which he doesn't want to do..... Whew! I can get my part knocked off in 40 minutes a day and he's stuck with a lifetime of work. I really think I've got the better end of the deal. Just don't tell HIM! Gloria

My Tuff Stuff has survived -23F without showing any issues and blooms well on new wood. I don't know how much colder you expect to get than that. Although I only planted my Tiny Tuff Stuff last year, I haven't been impressed so far. It is so small that I thought it had died and although I recently discovered that it didn't it is so tiny it has no current value in the garden. Perhaps in a small courtyard or if I had an apartment balcony it would work well, but in my garden it's so small that it is getting overwhelmed by even relatively small perennials. This isn't an issue I've had with other hydrangeas.

I really like the Tiny Tuff Stuff I have planted, though mine his bright pink flowers: I've thought about amending the soil (especially since I also have Azaleas), but I haven't done so yet. Some people say its not as hardy as Tuff Stuff. Most hydrangeas seem to get bigger than their advertised size in good conditions and with age, but the smaller variety Serrata and Macrophylla hydrangeas are definitely more compact, not just in total size but also as far as the internodes, which I think makes for a nicer looking and sturdier plant.