HYDRANGEA PLANNING

By Lorraine Ballato | February 10, 2025
Big leaf hydrangea is a kaleidoscope of colors

January 2025 was the warmest January on record globally despite having the coldest January in New England since 2014. Our string of consecutive days and nights in the single digits spells doom for big leaf hydrangeas (macrophylla) that flower only on old wood. It will even be a challenge for mountain hydrangeas (serrata) and their…

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HYDRANGEA COMPANION PLANTS

By Lorraine Ballato | March 20, 2022
Orange daylilies and variegated phlox as companion plants for blue flowered hydrangeas

Now is the time to think about hydrangea companion plants you can add to your garden. Why now? Despite the arrival of spring, if you go out and start working in the garden you can do more harm than good. When you walk on “spring wet” soil, you can crush the crowns of your grass…

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