Re:Hydrangea

At 03:42 PM 1/13/2003 -0500, you wrote:

In a message dated 1/13/03 11:01:55 AM, perennials-owner@hort.net writes:

<< Endless Summer blooms on both old
and new wood in its first year in the garden so if a hard winter kills the
old buds, I still get flowers from the new ones produced this coming
spring. >>

Doug, is this different than 'All Summer Beauty'? It is a macrophila, blooms
on new wood, blue and available in our area 2002 & a few in 2001.
    Ceres, Iowa zone 4/5

Ceres - seems to be different. Hydrangea macrophylla 'All Summer Beauty' is listed as zone 5 by Monrovia Nursery while the 'Bailmer' is listed as zone 4 although there may be other sources out there that disagree with ASB's zone rating as 5. 'Bailmer' is taller and wider. As far as I can figure out from the net - 'ASB' mostly blooms on new wood and there is a recommendation on at least one site to cut it to the ground every fall. 'Bailmer' blooms on both new and old wood. Again, this is from a brief survey and not talking to any experienced woody guy.

Both are essentially pink but will go blue in acidic soils where they can take up all the aluminum the plant requires to go blue. Both are supposed to have large blooms.

Having said all that - I haven't grown either yet so will have to wait and see what the garden produces.

Doug

Doug Green
Author of the award winning "Gardening Wisdom"
See gardening articles at http://www.simplegiftsfarm.com

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