Re: Hydrangeas (was Wisteria question)

I love them all too. Actually, I have ONCE AGAIN ordered a Buttons and Bows
from Wayside. My last one got whacked with a weed eater. 

Does anyone else grow this one? It actually gave me fits before it started
to grow well. I hope the next one is stronger.
A

Andrea
Beaufort, SC Zone 8b
raider843@earthlink.net


> [Original Message]
> From: Kitty <kmrsy@comcast.net>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Date: 3/20/2006 9:02:43 AM
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Hydrangeas (was Wisteria question)
>
> I personally don't care for mopheads. I love lacecaps.
>
> Kitty
> neIN, Zone 5
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Cathy Carpenter" <cathy.c@insightbb.com>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Sent: Sunday, March 19, 2006 11:11 PM
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Hydrangeas (was Wisteria question)
>
>
> > Mine compete with a sycamore, but perk up when I water.  Let the  
> > landscaper put them in when we first moved. If I had it to do over,  
> > would never  plant a mophead hydrangea - not my style, I guess, and a  
> > little too much trouble.
> > 
> > Cathy, west central IL, z5b
> > 
> > On Mar 19, 2006, at 7:06 PM, Donna wrote:
> > 
> >> Well then they must be a better match for our climate.  Mine would  
> >> be wilted
> >> daily by the time I got home from work...I felt I was living with  
> >> Pam in
> >> TX...and No, I didn't have them in the sun but felt the brick wall  
> >> might
> >> have been to close, hence my decision to move it this spring.
> >>
> >> It did spring back after a cool drink of water, but then the  
> >> process started
> >> all over again the next day... sigh.
> >>
> >> Donna
> >>
> >>> -----Original Message-----
> >>>
> >>> Well, maybe I'll buy one.
> >>>
> >>> They never wilted  last year, our crew stays on top of watering  
> >>> needs.
> >>> And
> >>> they were planted in a very good spot.
> >>>
> >>> Kitty
> >>> neIN, Zone 5
> >>> ----- Original Message -----
> >>> From: "Donna" <gossiper@sbcglobal.net>
> >>> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> >>> Sent: Sunday, March 19, 2006 6:31 PM
> >>> Subject: RE: [CHAT] Hydrangeas (was Wisteria question)
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> How are you going to see them if they are being sold?
> >>>>
> >>>> Did they wilt last year?
> >>>>
> >>>> Donna
> >>>>
> >>>>> -----Original Message-----
> >>>>> From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [mailto:owner- 
> >>>>> gardenchat@hort.net] On
> >>>>> Behalf Of Kitty
> >>>>> Sent: Sunday, March 19, 2006 5:05 PM
> >>>>> To: gardenchat@hort.net
> >>>>> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Hydrangeas (was Wisteria question)
> >>>>>
> >>>>> We got some small Sadies in last year and planted them in a nursery
> >>> bed.
> >>>>> The blooms were really nice.   They'll be ready to be dug next  
> >>>>> month
> >>> and
> >>>>> offered for sale.  looking forward to seeing them perform.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Kitty
> >>>>> neIN, Zone 5
> >>>>> ----- Original Message -----
> >>>>> From: "Christopher P. Lindsey" <lindsey@mallorn.com>
> >>>>> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> >>>>> Sent: Sunday, March 19, 2006 3:46 PM
> >>>>> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Hydrangeas (was Wisteria question)
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>>> I have endless summer and am not impressed. Last
> >>>>>>> summer it kept wilting by the time I got home. Going
> >>>>>>> to move it away from the brick wall this spring in the
> >>>>>>> hopes it will do better. I can't imagine how it would
> >>>>>>> take the heat in California...as it was suffering in
> >>>>>>> Illinois.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Maybe you should try 'Sadie Ray' -- it was found at a farmhouse
> >>>>>> in Indiana where it grew for 50 years.  With that kind of track
> >>>>>> record in the Midwest it might perform better for you.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Here's the description from my catalog:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>   Summer doesn't have to end just because you don't have a  
> >>>>>> hydrangea
> >>>>>>   by that name.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>   In fact, it's my belief that these so-called 'neverending  
> >>>>>> summer'
> >>>>>>   hydrangeas are just an effort by a certain nursery to sucker
> >>>>>>   customers. The formula is simple: patent and trademark your  
> >>>>>> plant
> >>>>>>   so that nobody else can propagate it or use that name, market  
> >>>>>> the
> >>>>>> heck
> >>>>>>   out of it, and then charge whatever you want. (See my essay  
> >>>>>> earlier
> >>>>>> in
> >>>>>>   the catalog about this issue).  But there are alternatives out
> >>> there,
> >>>>>>   and Sadie Ray is one of the better ones.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>   Discovered by Tim Eizinger of Rochester, Indiana on a plant that
> >>>>>>   has bloomed every year for 50 years on new wood, this adorable
> >>>>>>   mophead-style Hydrangea will still bloom in northern gardens  
> >>>>>> even
> >>>>>>   after being killed back to the ground by excessive cold.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>   The flowers will appear pink or blue in alkaline or acidic soil
> >>>>>>   (respectively), so be sure to check the pH where you plant it if
> >>> you
> >>>>>>   want a specific color.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Thanks to Kitty for turning me on to this plant. :)
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Chris
> >>>>>>
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