Moving Hydrangea?
Mike Hess
they look nice and full in the summer, in the winter they are barren
looking, dismal actually. Also, they are not tall enough to act as the
folliage anchor on the corner of the house. I would like to move them and
spread them out along a chain link fence , so they act like a natural
privacy screen in the summer.
Although it's still well below freezing here in Minnesota, I'd like to know
when in spring is the best time to move these, and the best way. Should
I leave them as is or cut them down?
Thanks -
Mike Hess
mike...@medtronic.com
Liz Neely
I have another question vaguely along the same lines.
At my old apartment, there was a hydrangea near the front door. It was
covered with large flowers (pink) every summer, then in the winter it
was just leaves, but still looked nice because the leaves were so large
and green.
When I moved into my house last summer, my r.e. agent gave me a hydrangea,
which I planted in a mostly shady (a couple hrs of sun/day) area. It lost
all its leaves in the winter and looks awful. I am guess there must be
different varieties of hydrangea - some deciduous, and some evergreen. Does
anyone know if this is true? Or is it something in the environment that
determines if its going to lose its leaves?
If it is a case of different varieties, is there any reason to get the
deciduous type when you could get evergreen?
Liz
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To Mike Hess in Minnesota:
Assuming you have Annabelle hydrangeas (the `snowball' kind that
produces new stems each year, and doen't have a woody trunk):
The best time to dig them up and divide them would have been in Fall,
after the first frost. But dividing them in Spring will work too, if
done before the new shoots are more than a couple inches out of the
ground. I'd recommend digging them up as soon as the ground thaws, if
you really want to move them.
If you have the woody kind, probably a PeeGee hydrangea, leave it
there. They get about ten feet high and wide, which should be plenty
of foliage to anchor most slow-moving houses. ;-)
IM>We have a large clump of Hydrangea at the corner of our house. While
IM>they look nice and full in the summer, in the winter they are barren
IM>looking, dismal actually. Also, they are not tall enough to act as the
IM>folliage anchor on the corner of the house. I would like to move them and
IM>spread them out along a chain link fence , so they act like a natural
IM>privacy screen in the summer.
IM>Although it's still well below freezing here in Minnesota, I'd like to know
IM>when in spring is the best time to move these, and the best way. Should
IM>I leave them as is or cut them down?
IM>mike...@medtronic.com
Richard Shiell, ASLA Bakersfield, CA RSh...@mcube.com
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