Re: oakleaf hydrangea
- To: s*@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU
- Subject: Re: [SG] oakleaf hydrangea
- From: M* T*
- Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 19:31:56 -0500
Well, Nancy, I don't have this baby, but FWIW...
I don't find the species a very fast grower, so would expect a dwarf
form to be even slower. If 'twere my child, I'd probably keep it in
a pot until it reached at least 15 to 18" and then plant it in the
ground - potting on each year - as I tend to keep a better eye on
potted plants than those out in the garden.
Problem with something only 6" tall is that it's so easy for
perennials, weeds and stuff to overpower it during the growing season
while your back is turned for a nanosecond.
If where you want to put it outside doesn't have anything larger
growing within a couple three feet, then go ahead and plant it
outside. If you do that, you might want to erect a burlap fence
around it next winter for extra protection.
Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
mtalt@clark.net
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> From: Nancy Stedman <stedman@RCN.COM>
>
> I have the 'Peewee' (dwarf) version of this. I killed one that came
from
> Wayside (in the south). Then I ordered one from a LI nursery and
the top of
> it died last winter. It spent last summer replacing the top and
probably
> only grew an inch (making the whole thing about six inches high).
Now it's
> in my basement, hiding from the winter and still holding on to its
leaves.
> My question is: Given that I have a dwarf of a slow-growing
species, can I
> continue to expect this glacial rate of growth? Or can I place it
somewhere
> (that is, directly in soil) this spring where it might have to
compete with
> other plants?
> Thanks,
> Nancy S. (zone 6B, NYC)
