Re: Hydrangeas

Claire:
You can get Hydrangea 'All Summer Beauty' from Roslyn, Bluestone Perennials,
and Windrose (a nice shrub and tree place in PA that carries tons of
hydrangeas). Everyone rates it to zone 5 or 6, but obviously these are not
hard and fast rules.
Nancy

> <<<<does anyone have experience with Hydrangea 'All Summer
>  Beauty'? One of the most annoying things I've learned in recent years is
>  that the flower buds on my hydrangea macrophyllas get blasted off in the
>  early spring unless I wrap them in burlap. H. arborescens is no problem
>  because it blooms on new wood, and for that I'm grateful, but I'm always
>  looking for color. Supposedly 'All Summer Beauty' blooms on new wood (I
>  think, in addition to old wood), and I was wondering if this is really
>true.>>>>
>
><<<<< Up here in zone 4a in MN, I have had one for 2 summers now so it's not
>very
> big),and last summer I was amazed at the color of the big flower heads every
> time I walked by it.  They had both pink and blue on each one.
>
>Also, these were all on new wood, because I had pruned it back to about 5
> inches from the ground in the spring, since it had died back that far over
> the winter.  But we have not had a very hard winter since I got it.  I hope
> they are as beautiful this summer as last. >>>>>
>
>To all hydrangea fans,
>
>I am going to look around for 'All Summer Beauty', I don't recall seeing this
>in the catalogs. I also agree with Marge Talt on h. quercifolia which does
>not bloom in my garden.  It usually dies after two or three years from
>repeated freezing of the growth tips.  I have tried many times.
>
>After arborescens, that leave us in the cold zones, h. paniculata.  For years
>it was either a bush form or a tree form of the same plant.  I have found
>seven named forms of paniculata in the past two years and bought all of them.
> 'Pink Diamond' has some promise for color.  It can not match the species
>that do well in the south but it is supposed to be pink.  I don't have a lot
>of bloom on any of these plants yet but it is a change from either large or
>small.
>
>Hydrangea serrata is often rated for zone 5.  If anyone is having success
>with serrata in cold places it would be nice to hear about it.
>
>Claire Peplowski
>East Nassau, NY z4
>
>
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