Hydrangea care?
 

got a beautiful hydrangea at Marbridge, in their tropical plants section.
It's not doing so well out on my deck (in a pot) next to my hibiscus. The
flowers are dead/dying. Now I moved it so it is in spotty shade. (maybe
15% shade) Is it just done blooming?
Clueless,
Kathleen

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"Kathleen" wrote:

got a beautiful hydrangea at Marbridge, in their tropical plants section.
It's not doing so well out on my deck (in a pot) next to my hibiscus. The
flowers are dead/dying. Now I moved it so it is in spotty shade. (maybe
15% shade) Is it just done blooming?
Clueless,
Kathleen

They do best in partial shade.

And yes, like all blooming plants, the flowers die off.
It will cycle back, just not sure when!

Try doing a google.com search for Hydrangea. They are a popular plant
and I'm also still learning about them since a girl at work gave me one
for my birthday this year. :-)

My blooms finished dying off a week or so ago but the foliage is looking
fine.
--
K.

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Thanks Katra. I think it was just done blooming. The foilage looked great
until I moved it into the shade - that's the night the deer came to visit.
They have learned that there is some tasty Japanese ligustrum babies in that
spot! My deck is getting fuller and crowded from trying to keep these
plants alive!
With hope and heart,
Kathleen


got a beautiful hydrangea at Marbridge, in their tropical plants
section.
It's not doing so well out on my deck (in a pot) next to my hibiscus.
The
flowers are dead/dying. Now I moved it so it is in spotty shade.
(maybe
15% shade) Is it just done blooming?
Clueless,
Kathleen

They do best in partial shade.

And yes, like all blooming plants, the flowers die off.
It will cycle back, just not sure when!

Try doing a google.com search for Hydrangea. They are a popular plant
and I'm also still learning about them since a girl at work gave me one
for my birthday this year. :-)

My blooms finished dying off a week or so ago but the foliage is looking
fine.
--
K.

Sprout the MungBean to reply

"I don't like to commit myself about heaven and hell‹you
see, I have friends in both places." --Mark Twain

In article ,
"Kathleen" wrote:

Thanks Katra. I think it was just done blooming. The foilage looked great
until I moved it into the shade - that's the night the deer came to visit.
They have learned that there is some tasty Japanese ligustrum babies in that
spot! My deck is getting fuller and crowded from trying to keep these
plants alive!
With hope and heart,
Kathleen

Uh oh!

Lowe's sells big rolls of deer netting......

Might be worth the investment?

Or get a pop up greenhouse. G

Kat
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K.

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"I don't like to commit myself about heaven and hell‹you
see, I have friends in both places." --Mark Twain