Re: Oak Leaf Hydrangea
- To: s*@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU
- Subject: Re: [SG] Oak Leaf Hydrangea
- From: H* A*
- Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2000 14:40:05 EST
In a message dated 1/17/2000 10:16:14 AM Eastern Standard Time, Kdye1@AOL.COM
writes:
<< << They will sucker mildly, over time, forming a smallish
thicket.....suckers can be dug in early spring and relocated or given
away (bonus plants) if you wish. My plants have reached about six
feet in height, but they are not fast growers.
>>
here is north georgia, zone 7a, they do more than make small thickets. in
older parts of town, they make "groves" of up to 20' across, with mayb 8-10'
crowns. they make huge "domes" like the raodside sumacs do, with the
outermost plants almost prostrat, seeking sun.
in my place inextreme northeats alabama. on lookout mt., they are native,
under the virginia pine overstory, amid boulders the size of houses and
rhodies about as large.
they take on "ground cover" status, there, making impenetrable thickets.
wonderful in the landscape.
what is the farthest north anyone grows them??
Harry Abel
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