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How to Plant and Care for Hydrangea Bushes
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I have an hydrangea that for the last 2 summers has grown wonderfully to about 4 1/2 feet tall. . Last year there was one bloom. I gave it both years miracle grow fertilizer. . It gets sun in morning to the late afternoon. I’ve left the stems on over winter, added mulch to the root area. It has started to have foliage at the base of the plant. I have cutback the stems about half way. Looking forward to some flowers this year. Do I need to modify the care ? Thank you
i have a hydranger and all the flowers are flopping over can you help plz
We planted a hydrangea bush last year. It was about 2 feet tall. This winter all the branches had their bark chewed off by voles. The plant is now about 4 inches tall. How can you protect them from voles? Mulching doesn't help, because the voles will live in that mulch.
Try putting a short fence made of hardware cloth around the plant, burying it a few inches into the ground. That should be enough to deter the voles! If not, here’s more vole advice.
I have a hydrangea that doesn’t bloom. It is over 25 years old. Will it never bloom again
There are many reasons why a hydrangea won’t bloom. Lack of moisture, too much nitrogen, pruning at the wrong time, late spring frosts that stunt the buds, wrong hydrangea for your zone, or not enough or too much sunlight (they prefer 3 to 4 hours of morning sunlight). Full afternoon sun is too intense. If you research/address these issues, it should bloom again.
What should I use to deter the deer from eating my hydrangea?
While hydrangea is not on top of deers’ favorite plant list, if hungry enough, they will munch on these plants.
Avoidance techniques include barriers (e.g., fencing or netting), stinky sprays (some claim success with products from Plantskydd or Liquid Fence), then some traditional (but questionable) techniques, such as getting a dog or cat, sprinkling human hair around, hanging a bar of strong-smelling soap (e.g., Irish Spring) in the vicinity. There is no easy fix that we know of.
While hydrangea is not on top of deers’ favorite plant list, if hungry enough, they will munch on these plants.
Avoidance techniques include barriers (e.g., fencing or netting), stinky sprays (some claim success with products from Plantskydd or Liquid Fence), then some traditional (but questionable) techniques, such as getting a dog or cat, sprinkling human hair around, hanging a bar of strong-smelling soap (e.g., Irish Spring) in the vicinity. There is no easy fix that we know of.
My hydrangeas are breaking off about 4 in. from the base of the plant. Others are leaning almost to the ground. It’s making my plant very sparse looking. I have 4 plants that are all doing the same thing. I had a fifth plant that started to grow out this spring, but then suddenly died. I pruned my plants in the spring to about 3-4 in.from the soil. This is my first year here. Am I doing something wrong? I live in central Illinois.