Sunday, July 02, 2006
You Can Stay
I recently published a post that pointed out a couple of shortcomings of hydrangea Endless Summer (weak stems and wilting leaves), but they are blooming in the garden now, and I guess I'll keep them! Above is a bloom from a plant in acid soil, and below, neutral. 
// posted by IBOY @ 10:28 AM 
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i know i bought an endless summer hydrangea and in my alkaline soil it bloomed and is now dying a bit. but the leaves did wilt and burn a bit. your blue is beautiful!
I stumbled on your site following a google search on hydrangeas in the midwest. My plant has pink (alkaline), cream (neutral), blue (acidic) and purple all within the same bundle of flowers. I guess they are are confused as their caretaker! :)
My question, though, was how to care for the plant. Every winter, the plant is reduced to what looks like dead sticks. In the spring, the new growth sprouts from ground level. Do I leave the woody, old growth and look the other way until the new growth from below finally covers the porcupine-like mess? Do I prune it back?
Beautiful garden pictures, btw!
My question, though, was how to care for the plant. Every winter, the plant is reduced to what looks like dead sticks. In the spring, the new growth sprouts from ground level. Do I leave the woody, old growth and look the other way until the new growth from below finally covers the porcupine-like mess? Do I prune it back?
Beautiful garden pictures, btw!
Lynanne... sorry to be slow replying; I've been spending a lot of hours out at the nature preserve I'm working on. I leave the dead wood until I can tell where the new growth is going to come in, but my garden is so crowded, that doesn't look bad. If you consistently are getting flowers off your new growth, you could chop off the old growth in the spring if you're pretty sure it's all dead.
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