Viewing post #2826658 by EscondidoCal

Murky said: Together Forever & Ever Hydrangea
Since I'll be digging these up this fall and replacing them, figured I could at least get a banner out of them before they get tossed. They're really fussy (for my zone 5 at least), die back to the ground unless fully covered to their tips, bloom only on new stems that grow from a few inches of old stems, if any survived winter that is. There is no 2nd bloom on new wood as advertised. And they wilt daily for 6 hours as soon as the sun hits them, no matter how moist the ground and how cool it is. It's a shame because the flowers on them are quite charming, but they're a real pain to even try and get to bloom (at least in my Zone 5).

Yikes! Hope you spare them.
Maybe they'd do better in a pot instead since they're a smaller variety.

E.g. azaleas, tree lilies, dahlias, & cannas do best for me in pots. I haven't tried hydrangeas in a long time, as they didn't thrive, but maybe a pot would make it work.

Beautiful banner, though!