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Old 11-07-2008, 03:41 PM posted to alt.binaries.pictures.gardens
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Default Neighbor's Hydrangea

Sheila wrote:
Bob Hobden wrote:
"Mary Fisher" wrote after
"Basketweaver" wrote

I agree. We need more Hydrangeas in our garden.
But they take up so much room ... I'd rather my neighbour grew them
and the flowers hung over the boundary into my garden :-)

They can be hard pruned in the late spring to keep them nice and
compact. You then get bigger/better flowers too.
A mop headed pink one of ours is only 3ft high max each year because I
prune it back to about 18 inches or less.


Most daylilies bloom on old wood, Endless Summer grows on both old and
new wood. When I had them, I hard pruned them in the fall after they
bloomed.


Meant hydrangea not daylilies.