Hydrangea not that big.
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Topic: Hydrangea not that big.
Posted By: Fern
Subject: Hydrangea not that big.
Date Posted: Mar-17-2006 at 6:32am
I was bragging about how big my Hydrangea was last summer and I am taking it back. While I was pruning it I see it has self layered so it is at least 3 plants now, maybe more. Some Rhododendrons, Viburnums, and the Forsythia also do that in my yard.
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Fern
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Posted By: Lisa A
Date Posted: Mar-17-2006 at 9:18am
I've had that happen, too, Fern. Free plants is a good thing. Are you going to move the extras to other areas or leave it as one big planting?
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Posted By: Fern
Date Posted: Mar-18-2006 at 6:46am
I'm going to leave them for now. It is actually moving into the shadier area [probably because it was moister there] so if it can bloom enough there it would be welcome. I had a hard time finding a place it liked, this was the third place I'd moved it to. This is a more protected, shady spot. The other spots it would get damaged by late spring freezes so it won't bloom well. I think it is a 'Blue Wave' lace cap, not a particularly hardy variety. Do other people have some of the newer varieties, and how do you like them? I'm waiting for the prices to go down some [or I find good deals] and then I'll find room for more. I like the way they don't need full sun as my trees are growing and my garden is getting shadier.
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Fern
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Posted By: Rainforest
Date Posted: Mar-18-2006 at 7:42am
Have a pieris about 15 years old that has done that; has about a 3' baby growing about a foot from the main plant. I may move it this year
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Posted By: Fern
Date Posted: Mar-18-2006 at 6:35pm
Wish my Pieris would do that, maybe I should search underneath it to see.
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Fern
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