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#201859 - 04/16/08 11:16 AM Hydrangea Question
JunieGirl JunieGirl Frogger Gardening Pro Registered: 10/13/06 Posts: 9023 Loc: Worden, Illinois	I have searched & I cannot find my paperwork on my Hydrangea. It is supposed to be a "Nikko Blue". that is what the tags on it, said. I was of the impression that it grew from old wood, and i should not prune it back. well the bush is beginning to come back this spring---from the base--and the previous years wood appears to be dead. This happened the year before last too--I thought then, it was the bad winter, and that I might not of had it protected well enough, but now I am begining to wonder. I guess the nursery could have marked it wrong ????? I was wondering how long I let it go before I know weather or not there will be growth to last years wood, and then how do I proceed in the future??? Edited by JunieGirl (04/16/08 11:36 AM) _________________________ Life isn't about how to survive the storm, but how to dance in the rain!! Still Praying for Cindy
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#201871 - 04/16/08 12:52 PM Re: Hydrangea Question [Re: JunieGirl]
Joclyn Joclyn Deep Purple Dream Gardener Registered: 07/18/05 Posts: 2099 Loc: philly	mine is five years old this year and it's only the second time the existing stalks put out new growth. the other years it grew from the base. i guess it takes a bit for them to get established. the one that i transplanted from the neighbors yard a couple of years ago (was very well-established in it's prior location) has also gone back/forth with it's growth pattern. as long as it's growing, i wouldn't worry!! _________________________ zone 6b
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#201881 - 04/16/08 02:20 PM Re: Hydrangea Question [Re: Joclyn]
loz loz Big Trouble Garden Helper Registered: 05/18/03 Posts: 40468 Loc: Beautiful Western Maryland...z...	I have 7 hydrangeas.....3 are older, 2 are teenagers, and 2 are babies.... My 2 babies look just like yours Carol.....last year I just left the wood and it just pulled right out after a while because it was dead. I don't think leaving it will hurt anything, not since it's coming up at the base. I'd just leave it for a while to make sure. _________________________ for Cindy to get better!!!!!
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#201886 - 04/16/08 02:26 PM Re: Hydrangea Question [Re: loz]
JunieGirl JunieGirl Frogger Gardening Pro Registered: 10/13/06 Posts: 9023 Loc: Worden, Illinois	Thank you ladies for your advice--i will leave it alone for sure---thanks.--and yes, thios is only its 2nd spring.--well I planted it in 06--so the 2nd year it came back--- Edited by JunieGirl (04/16/08 02:26 PM) _________________________ Life isn't about how to survive the storm, but how to dance in the rain!! Still Praying for Cindy
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#203487 - 04/21/08 07:33 PM Re: Hydrangea Question [Re: JunieGirl]
Jiffymouse Jiffymouse Momma Mouse Garden Helper Registered: 08/29/02 Posts: 22648 Loc: Effingham County, GA USA Z 8b	they are right. sometimes even the ones that supposedly grow on old wood will bust out from the base instead. i used to just leave mine until the old wood fell out then cleared it away like fallen leaves. _________________________ work done behind the scenes is usually the least noticed and the most important.
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#205025 - 04/27/08 04:59 PM Re: Hydrangea Question [Re: Jiffymouse]
JunieGirl JunieGirl Frogger Gardening Pro Registered: 10/13/06 Posts: 9023 Loc: Worden, Illinois	Thanks for all your help, Joclyn, Loz and Jiffy. I will leave my Hydrangea as is---and golly it sure is growng fast.--(goody goody). when the old wood falls away, then I will get rid of it.--for now I will 'let it be'. _________________________ Life isn't about how to survive the storm, but how to dance in the rain!! Still Praying for Cindy
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