Re: hydrangeas

In a message dated 6/7/02 9:12:22 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
bhayes@catskill.net writes:

<< About 4 years ago I mentioned on this list that I was looking for oak
 leaf hydrangea, and another member was so kind as to send me plants by
 mail; he was in the State of Georgia;  when I received them, there were
 about 4 of them, but only one has lived;
 
 it hasn't yet flowered, but it has survived zone 5 winters. >>

Isabelle,

I have never had one survive let alone flower.  Yet, about twenty miles from 
me along the river they do grow well and bloom.

I do not know if this is true but I have been told by local gardeners that 
this is one of those woody plants that need to be parented by plants from our 
zone.  Cercis canadenis and all dogwoods (Cornus) are others.  How to know 
whether you have purchased a southern plant seems impossible.  

Hydrangeas root very easily and cuttings strike nearly 100% so if you found a 
healthy one near you, you could beg a few cuttings and try that.

Claire Peplowski
NYS z4 rain, rain and more rain

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