Comments on: Endless Summer hydrangea blooming well this year http://www.coldclimategardening.com/2008/07/19/endless-summer-hydrangea-blooming-well-this-year/ Hardy plants for hardy souls Sat, 11 Feb 2012 00:24:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Kathy Purdy http://www.coldclimategardening.com/2008/07/19/endless-summer-hydrangea-blooming-well-this-year/comment-page-1/#comment-85442 Kathy Purdy Thu, 15 Dec 2011 20:32:02 +0000 http://www.coldclimategardening.com/?p=960#comment-85442 Vanessa, you might enjoy <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1456583468/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=coldclimatega-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=1456583468" rel="nofollow">Hydrangeas in the North</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=coldclimatega-20&l=as2&o=1&a=1456583468" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /> by Tim Boebel. He tells you how to prune and winter over macrophylla hydrangeas for the best results. He did a lot of experimenting and his advice comes from what he learned. Vanessa, you might enjoy Hydrangeas in the North by Tim Boebel. He tells you how to prune and winter over macrophylla hydrangeas for the best results. He did a lot of experimenting and his advice comes from what he learned.

]]> By: vanessa j. http://www.coldclimategardening.com/2008/07/19/endless-summer-hydrangea-blooming-well-this-year/comment-page-1/#comment-85438 vanessa j. Thu, 15 Dec 2011 20:01:38 +0000 http://www.coldclimategardening.com/?p=960#comment-85438 Just happened up on this site and am thankful for the posts and comments about ES. It is a picky thing and pink is not really my fave in a garden but they are beautiful so I tried one bought from Home Depot (2010) here in Wisconsin. Kept in a pot all summer. Almost lost it to an infestation of something. Treated it and put it in the ground in September 2010. Spring 2011 began to bud. June-- had one flower green. By August 2 large pink blooms but only on old wood. New wood had nothing but huge beautiful leaves. Also, my garden bed gets mostly afternoon sun. ES wilted on hot afternoons but revived with watering or cooler temps. It loves the rain and is beautiful and happy in the light shade and morning light. By late Summer when it's really hot here it wilted everyday and continued to wilt-revive. Wilt-revive. It got about 3 ft. tall by the end of summer. Both blooms and leaves were huge. Healthy and strong. Just can't deal with the wilting and nowhere else to place the thing in my very tiny garden bed. I love Hydrangeas but this one--I don't know. I may move it to the other end where I have a narrow border garden just off the patio. It's really so lovely...will wait to see what it will do in 2012. Thanks for posting about this picky lovely thing. (Smile) Just happened up on this site and am thankful for the posts and comments about ES. It is a picky thing and pink is not really my fave in a garden but they are beautiful so I tried one bought from Home Depot (2010) here in Wisconsin. Kept in a pot all summer. Almost lost it to an infestation of something. Treated it and put it in the ground in September 2010.

Spring 2011 began to bud. June– had one flower green. By August 2 large pink blooms but only on old wood. New wood had nothing but huge beautiful leaves. Also, my garden bed gets mostly afternoon sun. ES wilted on hot afternoons but revived with watering or cooler temps. It loves the rain and is beautiful and happy in the light shade and morning light.

By late Summer when it’s really hot here it wilted everyday and continued to wilt-revive. Wilt-revive. It got about 3 ft. tall by the end of summer. Both blooms and leaves were huge. Healthy and strong. Just can’t deal with the wilting and nowhere else to place the thing in my very tiny garden bed. I love Hydrangeas but this one–I don’t know.

I may move it to the other end where I have a narrow border garden just off the patio. It’s really so lovely…will wait to see what it will do in 2012. Thanks for posting about this picky lovely thing. (Smile)

]]> By: ANA JULIETA http://www.coldclimategardening.com/2008/07/19/endless-summer-hydrangea-blooming-well-this-year/comment-page-1/#comment-63214 ANA JULIETA Mon, 21 Sep 2009 03:38:08 +0000 http://www.coldclimategardening.com/?p=960#comment-63214 I DESHIDRATE HYDRANGEAS, AND I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW, HOW CAN I TINT THEM, IF IT IS POSSBLE TO DO IT WITH AND SPECIAL COLOR SPRAY??? THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP ANA JULIETA , COSTA RICA I DESHIDRATE HYDRANGEAS, AND I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW, HOW CAN I TINT THEM, IF IT IS POSSBLE TO DO IT WITH AND SPECIAL COLOR SPRAY??? THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP
ANA JULIETA , COSTA RICA

]]> By: Kathy Purdy http://www.coldclimategardening.com/2008/07/19/endless-summer-hydrangea-blooming-well-this-year/comment-page-1/#comment-62319 Kathy Purdy Mon, 10 Aug 2009 01:29:42 +0000 http://www.coldclimategardening.com/?p=960#comment-62319 Ruth, you don't say where you live, and that makes the biggest difference. Since it blooms on new wood, cutting it back in spring should not have left you bloomless. However, I had blooms last year and also don't have them this year, and I <em>didn't</em> cut back the old wood until the shrub had sprouted and it was clear which stems were dead. I think the lack of heat this summer is what caused the lack of bloom. If next summer is warmer, you should have blooms, provided you fertilize and water regularly. That is my best guess. Ruth, you don’t say where you live, and that makes the biggest difference. Since it blooms on new wood, cutting it back in spring should not have left you bloomless. However, I had blooms last year and also don’t have them this year, and I didn’t cut back the old wood until the shrub had sprouted and it was clear which stems were dead. I think the lack of heat this summer is what caused the lack of bloom. If next summer is warmer, you should have blooms, provided you fertilize and water regularly. That is my best guess.

]]> By: Ruth Annunziato http://www.coldclimategardening.com/2008/07/19/endless-summer-hydrangea-blooming-well-this-year/comment-page-1/#comment-62317 Ruth Annunziato Mon, 10 Aug 2009 01:19:09 +0000 http://www.coldclimategardening.com/?p=960#comment-62317 My 4 year old Endless Summer is 4Ft. wide x5Ft. high with fantastic green leaves, but not 1bloom in August! I unknowingly pruned the whole plant back in the spring. I plan on mulching 6" worth of leaves in fall, with hopes of beautiful blooms next summer. What do you think? Will I have flowers next season? My 4 year old Endless Summer is 4Ft. wide x5Ft. high with fantastic green leaves, but not 1bloom in August! I unknowingly pruned the whole plant back in the spring. I plan on mulching 6″ worth of leaves in fall, with hopes of beautiful blooms next summer. What do you think? Will I have flowers next season?

]]> By: Endless Summer Hydrangea: Where’s the Blooms? — Cold Climate Gardening http://www.coldclimategardening.com/2008/07/19/endless-summer-hydrangea-blooming-well-this-year/comment-page-1/#comment-61299 Endless Summer Hydrangea: Where’s the Blooms? — Cold Climate Gardening Tue, 14 Jul 2009 04:03:37 +0000 http://www.coldclimategardening.com/?p=960#comment-61299 [...] exactly a year ago, my ‘Endless Summer’ hydrangea was blooming. This year, as you can see above, it [...] [...] exactly a year ago, my ‘Endless Summer’ hydrangea was blooming. This year, as you can see above, it [...]

]]> By: KIM http://www.coldclimategardening.com/2008/07/19/endless-summer-hydrangea-blooming-well-this-year/comment-page-1/#comment-60129 KIM Thu, 25 Jun 2009 19:49:49 +0000 http://www.coldclimategardening.com/?p=960#comment-60129 This is my second year with a all summer long hydrangia that i got from a online greenhouse. Im very impressed it has grown twice the size that i planted it-about 2.5 feet all around, and it has about 8 blooms that are just starting to grow. I live in Angola NY-a suburb of buffalo-we have very harsh winters and short summers-im very supprised this plant has preformed so well. It gets only am and sunset sun-durring the hottest part of the day its sheltered by pine tree, I believe thats why its has preformed so well. This is my second year with a all summer long hydrangia that i got from a online greenhouse. Im very impressed it has grown twice the size that i planted it-about 2.5 feet all around, and it has about 8 blooms that are just starting to grow. I live in Angola NY-a suburb of buffalo-we have very harsh winters and short summers-im very supprised this plant has preformed so well. It gets only am and sunset sun-durring the hottest part of the day its sheltered by pine tree, I believe thats why its has preformed so well.

]]> By: Endless Summer Hydrangea in two different climates http://www.coldclimategardening.com/2008/07/19/endless-summer-hydrangea-blooming-well-this-year/comment-page-1/#comment-55298 Endless Summer Hydrangea in two different climates Wed, 05 Nov 2008 00:41:19 +0000 http://www.coldclimategardening.com/?p=960#comment-55298 [...] have to say I was much happier with my ‘Endless Summer’ hydrangea this year than I was last year. I’m sure it improved its performance that I took care to [...] [...] have to say I was much happier with my ‘Endless Summer’ hydrangea this year than I was last year. I’m sure it improved its performance that I took care to [...]

]]> By: Chris http://www.coldclimategardening.com/2008/07/19/endless-summer-hydrangea-blooming-well-this-year/comment-page-1/#comment-49898 Chris Sun, 03 Aug 2008 15:46:20 +0000 http://www.coldclimategardening.com/?p=960#comment-49898 I'm doing a photo diary of mine this year. Taking a picture a week, just to prove all the naysayers wrong, it can be a wonderful shrub. After it finishes blooming, which for me will be when we get our first hard freeze, I'll finish it and blog about it. I’m doing a photo diary of mine this year. Taking a picture a week, just to prove all the naysayers wrong, it can be a wonderful shrub. After it finishes blooming, which for me will be when we get our first hard freeze, I’ll finish it and blog about it.

]]> By: naturehillsnursery http://www.coldclimategardening.com/2008/07/19/endless-summer-hydrangea-blooming-well-this-year/comment-page-1/#comment-49591 naturehillsnursery Wed, 30 Jul 2008 14:04:17 +0000 http://www.coldclimategardening.com/?p=960#comment-49591 I also am a big fan of the endless summer hydrangeas. I have 7 of them planted in several different beds. This year I'm having the opposite effect. Blooms have been smaller and not as plentiful. I also am a big fan of the endless summer hydrangeas. I have 7 of them planted in several different beds. This year I’m having the opposite effect. Blooms have been smaller and not as plentiful.

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