hydrangeas
- To: s*@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU
- Subject: hydrangeas
- From: N* S*
- Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 13:33:21 -0400
>On this subject--there was a useful article yesterday about hydrangeas in the
>Style section of the New York Times. I'm not sure if this section is
>distributed beyond the metro NYC area, though the story might be available
>on the paper's web site.
>
>Also, I've been thinking, Marge, that siting hydrangeas right next to a
>house may not be such a smart idea for those in borderline zones. I lost a
>lot of flower buds this winter, despite covering everything in burlap, after
>the temperature went from something like 70 to 20 in one week, a change that
>was probably intensified by the heat of my house. I've noticed that in my
>neighborhood the hydrangeas that are not next to houses are much more
>floriferous than those that are, presumably because they weren't as likely
>to start growing during the brief temperature upswing.
>
>I'm wodering, also, if anyone has any eperience with 'All Summer Beauty',
which is supposed to bloom on new wood all summer long. I've been coddling a
small one I got from Bluestone but it's probably too young to do any
blooming this year.
Anyway, here's an irony: I had two H. macrophylla 'Variegata Mariesii' next
>to my house that just would not bloom so I decided to treat them as foliage
>plants (tall hostas, in a way) and put them in my darkest corner, which
>never gets any direct light. So of course now there are a few lovely deep
>blue lacecap blooms in my garden where only I would ever look.
>
>Nancy S. (NYC, zone 6B)
>
