Hydrangeas

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> Thank you Bobbie....most interested to find they flower well for
you.
>   As you say, the books are not always right - takes a compilation
of
> the experience of gardeners from all over to really find out what
> will grow where!  When in doubt, take a chance, I always say.
>
> Plus, I forgot to mention the turning colors of the flowers!  How
> could I?  Thanks for doing so because it is marvelous.  On that,
too,
> I have found that if you manage to cut the flowers at the right
stage
> to dry them, you can retain that rosy glow.
>
> Re: suckering.  Seems to me mine took a while to start doing this,
> but have been at it steadily ever since.  I have both planted next
to
> each other on the north side of a berm topped by a hemlock
> hedge...they are steadily expanding towards that hedge.  Last time
I
> pruned the hedge, told self I needed to get in there this spring
and
> dig some out so there would be room for me to get back there for
the
> annual hair cut....now, am I going to remember this for two more
> months?   Sigh...a mind is a sorry thing to misplace.
>
> Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
> mtalt@clark.net
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> > From: Roberta Diehl <diehlr@INDIANA.EDU>
> > Date: Saturday, January 08, 2000 9:55 PM
> >
> > Marge, you said it all! H. quercifolia is a great shrub. The bark
> is
> > beautiful. The fall foliage is incredible. The fls turn a shade
of
> pink or
> > rose that just blows me away. Etc etc!
> >
> > Re suckering, I had that problem ONE YEAR and since then it's
never
> > happened again. I think I gave the offspring away, so I still
have
> just
> > the one specimen plant and it is a beauty.
> >
> > I am in a warm part of zone 5, or else a very cold part of zone 6
> and my
> > shrub has always had fls., and we've had some very cold winters
> here. I
> > think they are hardier than the books say. Definitely would try
> them in at
> > least the warmer parts of zone 4.
> >
> > Bobbi Diehl
> > Bloomington, IN
> > zone 5/6
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