On Tue, 19 Jan 2010 15:25:03 -0600, Zootal
wrote:

I noticed today that my hydrangeas are budding out and starting to grow.
It's mid January, and we have had colder than usual weather, yet there they
go. And the tulips are pushing up through the ice and mud. I don't remember
them growing so early in previous years. Any hydrangea experts know when
they normally will start growing? I haven't even got around to pruning them
yet, didn't think they would bud out for another month or two.


Mine are too. I no longer bury them in leaves in the fall, maybe
lazyness, and they have not bloom for many years. I think the buds
freeze or get eaten by deer. I still like the foliage, though. My
hydrangea also got too big, nearly 6 feet across, 4 feet high.