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Re: Endless Summer hydrangea
I must say my Endless Summer has done well from its first year (now 4 years old). It has bloomed profusely through severe winters. I was so pleased after its first year that I got more at one of the big box stores Gene referred to and peppered them all over my property to add dependable color from mid-June on. I moved all the old mopheads (ugly sticky-looking things they were until July 1!- most years with no flowers at all!!) to a far side of the property where those sticks were camouflaged by tree trunks and I wouldn't be reminded of the cold winter each time I looked at a shrub with no flowers! I couldn't be happier with Endless Summer in a Zone 5 garden where many Zone 5 rated plants don't do nearly as well.
Lorraine
Lorraine Ballato
16 Mudry Farm Rd
Brookfield CT 06804
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----- Original Message -----
From: Sandie Parrott<r*@comcast.net>
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Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2007 1:00 PM
Subject: Re: [GWL] Endless Summer hydrangea
My endless summer have survived a zone 5b winter. I don't give them any
special treatment for the winter, but I live in a somewhat protected area.
They have remained very small and one blooms while the other doesn't in a
similar situation with partial sun, sandy soil, good watering and minimal
fertilizer.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Carol Matthews" <carolmatthews@ns.sympatico.ca<c*@ns.sympatico.ca>>
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Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2007 12:41 PM
Subject: Re: [GWL] Endless Summer hydrangea
> 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<g*@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<c*@sbcglobal.net>>
> >Subject: Re: [GWL] Email contacts for Spring Meadow Nursery?
> >To: Garden Writers -- GWL -- The Garden Writers Forum
> > <gardenwriters@lists.ibiblio.org<g*@lists.ibiblio.org>>
> >Message-ID: <A3E69F1A-091C-4FFB-AA46-F1510056BAFB@sbcglobal.net<A3E69F1A-091C-4FFB-AA46-F1510056BAFB@sbcglobal.net">mailto:A3E69F1A-091C-4FFB-AA46-F1510056BAFB@sbcglobal.net>>
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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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