Re: [SG] Hydrangeas
- To: s*@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU
- Subject: Re: [SG] Hydrangeas
- From: j* <j*@EMAIL.MSN.COM>
- Date: Wed, 2 Jun 1999 15:39:36 -0500
Nikko Blue should survive in Zone 7. There may be something wrong with
yours. Mine grows fairly well in Zones 4-5 (I'm on the line); I keep the
soil moist and acidic. It receives no winter protection. Dieback is a bit
severe, but it survives. It's been in the ground in partial shade for 3
years.
My Annabelle grows far, far better.
John G. Adney
Marion, Iowa
-----Original Message-----
From: Lillian Champion <Liliaceae4@AOL.COM>
To: shadegardens@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU <shadegardens@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU>
Date: Wednesday, June 02, 1999 1:40 PM
Subject: Re: [SG] Hydrangeas
>In a message dated 6/1/99 2:28:13 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
>venies.place@CWIX.COM writes:
>
>> My Nikko Blue is doing well, but it has been so dry here that I have to
>> water it almost every day. I think I will mulch it so that it will not
dry
>> out so fast. My Annabelle is doing well, growing by leaps and bounds.
Has
>> about ten flower clusters. I am very pleased with both.
>
>
>How do you grow Nikko Blue in zone 5? It barely comes back here in zone 7,
>getting smaller and smaller every year till it dies. I mounded them with
>soil last winter for protection, and they still look lousy this spring and
>some died.
>Lillian
