Genus: Hydrangea

Really love these - they are easy to maintain, cuttings transplant well & they will flower now until frost, the bright white flowers livening up the gardens after all my spring plants have reverted to green...

Mine blooms latter too. This one is loaded :)

Wow. Mine blooms later than this.

What A Beuty.Jackie x

It looks very healthy Janette. It looks about the size of mine when I got it four years ago. You are going to be very excited when you get your first blooms.

The wait will be worth it, Janette :-)

Cant wait for my little baby Hydrangea to get bigger and flower

My method is to do what you are doing but also remove about a quarter of the old branches each year. Over four years, all the old wood has been cut out and I start the cycle again.

You are right not to cut it back before the winter. It's best to leave the old flower heads on to give some protection to the developing buds. In the spring, you should cut each stem back to a pair of good healthy buds. So he is right in a way. With your method, it would get rather straggly and too big.

This sounds like a common problem wtih hydrangeas - that is frost damage to the new leaves. Don't worry, it will sort itself out.

Cut off DEAD growth to nearest bud.

If it is powdery mildew you can spray with a baking soda suspension... just dissolve a half tsp of baking soda in a quart of water and spritz it on...get as good coverage as you can, if it is powdery mildew it should succumb.

We ve had a long wet and cold season and can count on one hand the fine days we ve had since Christmas.My guess with no pic would be powdery mildew.Whatever the cause would prune hard back to buds not leaf so that all leaf growth removed in the hope that new leaves not affected as they develop.

I am not sure but think I read that the potted Hydrangeas have been treated in some way to keep them compact, and when they are planted out they revert to their normal size eventually. I should wait until the cold snap is over then plant it - treat it as you would an ordinary one, i.e. cut back to healthy buds in spring. Leave the dead flower heads on until spring as they protect the new buds. Maybe a feed of fish, blood and bone would get it off to a good start in the ground.

Love the way you mixed the lacy thin foliage of the ferns with the large round leaf of the hydrangea. Opposites really do look great together.!

Fantastic shot ! I've never seen one of these before. I'm glad he's small, kinda scarey looking dude..lol

Great-- Thanks, Di.

Your pictures are wonderful. Beautiful and edifying...

Thanks Lori, I have a hydrangea climber and it's VERY slow growing. I'm not sure if that's true for all of them. It's Schizophragama hydrangeoides "Moonlight" or "Moonhigh".......I'm not sure I couldn't read the tag very well. I bought it 6-14-02 at a local greenhouse and it didn't even start to climb until 2004. It still hasn't bloomed but it is climing higher each year.

Yes! There she is...this is what my Annabelle looks like. Really, really want a climber to plant with Amelopsis brevipedunculata 'elegans'.

Mopheads? lol... love it. My Annabelle hasn't reverted, she's her same mophead-self as when I planted her three years ago. I have two of her progeny and they seem to take after her... thanks for the interesting detail.

I'm a fan of Hydrangeas...and this lacecap is just what I'm looking for.
Is this a climber or is it a shrub like Annabelle? Oops learn to read, lori.
arborescens...tree. ok. sorry. I'm looking for the climber for my trellis if spring ever arrives here. Enjoy your posts.

Votre lavande est trés jolie n'est pas?

Just watched Gardener's World (all about colour). I think the yellow looks great here!