Re: Endless Summer hydrangea

**"* M* <c*@ns.sympatico.ca>**

Hi Folks:
    I actually bought my 'Endless Summer' from a nursery but it didn't survive the winter. It bloomed the year I planted it, then we had a very open winter (and I don't coddle things) and it never came back. I'm zone 5 in Nova Scotia so I guess if I want them to survive I'm going to have to cover them with branches like Mary Fran.
Carol

Carol Matthews
Truro, Nova Scotia
Garden Columnist for Canadian Gardening, East Coast Living, European Reporter

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Mary Fran McQuade 
  To: gardenwriters@lists.ibiblio.org 
  Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2007 1:00 PM
  Subject: [GWL] Endless Summer hydrangea

  I'm a newbie to this group, but have read everyone's comments with 
  interest and learned a lot. Now I can contribute a little bit of info.

  I have 2 Endless Summer plants in-ground (Toronto, zone 5 or 6, 
  depending on whose map you're looking at). This is their 3rd season 
  and they're both blooming very nicely. I have VERY sandy soil and 
  lots of shade. They get only a couple hours of sun a day. Oddly, one 
  is blue (which it's supposed to be) and the other, about 8 feet away, 
  is pink. Admittedly, I don't fiddle around with any soil adjustments 
  to affect the colour -- can't seem to fit that into my schedule. 
  Another gardener I know reports the same colouration with her plants this year.

  This is the first year they've done so well, but they had some blooms 
  last year, too. I do coddle them in winter -- mulch heavily and 
  surround them with evergreen branches to protect them from the north 
  winds that sometimes barrel into my somewhat exposed garden.

  >Date: Mon, 2 Jul 2007 22:17:45 +0200
  >From: Carolyn Ulrich <cultivated@sbcglobal.net>
  >Subject: Re: [GWL] Email contacts for Spring Meadow Nursery?
  >To: Garden Writers -- GWL -- The Garden Writers Forum
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  >
  >Ditto here on the Eycatchers. One DOA and the other okay.
  >Agree that Pinky Winky looks good.
  >
  >Speaking of hydrangeas, how has Endless Summer been doing in your
  >gardens? Mine has been a big snore, and that's generally what I hear.
  >   Carolyn Ulrich

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