Comments on: Endless Summer Hydrangea Has One Bloom

By: Kathy Purdy

Kathy Purdy — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 15:20:31 +0000

Thank you, Debbie. Since writing that post I have discovered a great book, Hydrangeas in the North: Getting Blooms in the Colder Climates that has lots of tips for getting the best from macrophylla hydrangeas in our less forgiving climate. Mounding leaves and dirt as you do protects the flowers buds from the cold. There are pruning tips in the book as well, so you might want to take a look at it.

By: Debbiecz

Debbiecz — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 15:06:27 +0000

Hi, just found your blog for the first time and am enjoying the perusal. In November I attended a lecture at the chicago botanic gardens. The speaker runs the arboretum at the univ of Wisconsin at Madison. great speaker,subject was why our garden plants dont look like the catalogs/nursery stock. Hydrangeas are a pet peeve of his. On a personal note, I bought an ES a few years ago and now that I leave it alone it has tripled in size and is covered in blooms. But I cut with fear hoping I haven’t messed it up. I mound up lots of leaves and dirt, even piling snow on it as an extra blanket against frost. I’m located north of Chicago close to the lake. I also started with a small plant so perhaps it adjusted better. It helps to consider plants temporary guests that might visit briefly or may move in for the long term, just enjoy as you can.

By: daniel

daniel — Sun, 05 Jun 2011 14:06:23 +0000

I recently bought my first hydrangea. It has many buds and looks promising. It is in a 7.5 gal. pot. When it goes dormant I’ll plant it in the ground. I was hoping for blue, but pink is beginning to show. Soil ph was 7 so I added aluminum sulfate. 1 tbl/gal. ph dropped to 6.2. I read it should be 5.2 to 5.5. True? Also, is it too late to change color this season? I’ve also read not to change ph level too drastically. Seems reasonable. What is the most it can be safely changed at one time? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

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By: Kathy Purdy

Kathy Purdy — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 20:08:23 +0000

Laura, I received Forever and Evers to trial as well. Only one made it through my special brand of neglect, the original one. It gets the same protection as the Endless Summer and doesn’t have any blooms this year, but it did pretty well last year. I think Zone 4 gardeners have to really want a blue flowering hydrangea enough to baby it, because they sure aren’t as winter-hardy as the Annabelles and Limelights, nor as forgiving of a cool summer. I really did love the look of the double pink F&F, but it died of something unrelated to hardiness.

By: Laura

Laura — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 19:32:05 +0000

Hi I’m a garden writer on an online news site in northeast Michigan http://www.infonortheast.com, working on a story about hydrangeas this week. Absolutely loved these hydrangea blogs, and have just subscribed to Cold Climate Gardening. Do any of you find the ‘Forever and Ever’ hydrangeas to be better or worse than the ‘Endless Summer?’ I am writing for a readership in mostly zone 4 with a few pockets of zone 5 in microclimates at the shores of our many lakes. Appreciative of any info with these new beauties, as I have stuck strictly with H.arborescens ‘Annabelle’ after countless fruitless tries in the 90s with ‘Nikko Blues.’ The ‘Annabelles are lovely here, and ‘limelight ‘is good too, but most who try Endless Summer are not completely thrilled, having problems with very limited (if any) blooming. Then there are the few freaks who still have there Nikkos doing well 10 years later, but I think these are all waterfront lucky devils.

By: Kathy Purdy

Kathy Purdy — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 13:23:51 +0000

In one of my previous posts on this topic, one commenter had given their recommendation about the best transplanting time, but I can’t find the comment. You can transplant them, but I think I would wait until all danger of frost is past in spring.

By: Bonnie Pfeifer

Bonnie Pfeifer — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 13:04:58 +0000

I have 3 ES planted in a group. Yes, I bought the hype unfortunately and these green balls are in a prominent place in my circle bed. One bush has had three or so blooms, one has had five or so and one has none. None of them bloomed before August. I’m new to hydrangeas but my other ones (annabelle, peegee, quick fire) are flourishing and full of flowers. I live in Maine in zone 4. Do I dare transplant the ES to a less prominent place? I’d love to get more color in that spot.

By: Joene

Joene — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 02:31:31 +0000

Mine is blooming, but not as well as it did last year. My lacecap has no blooms though. Every gardener I speak with has the same problem. Must have had something to do with the weather. .-= Joene´s last blog ..HGTV Officially Ceases The Gardener Guy Show =-.