‘Annabelle’ Hydrangea Leaves Closed

Leaves stuck together on woodland/smooth hydrangea

Are your ‘Annabelle’ hydrangea leaves closed? To start with, inspect them and any other woodland/smooth (arborescens) hydrangeas you may have, e.g., Incrediball® or Invincibelle® Spirit. You may notice the same situation like my leaves in the photo. Interesting, huh? Don’t panic!

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Shrub Covers for Hydrangea Winter Protection

DIY shrub cover from discarded pallets

I woke up to 37 degrees F this morning, a stark reminder that I need to prepare some of my bigleaf hydrangeas (macrophyllas) for winter. Those that aren’t planted in protected locations as I described in an earlier blog post, and  https://lorraineb.wpengine.com/reporting-winter…rangeas-part-two/need a little help if I want to give them their best chance of…

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Time to Transplant Hydrangeas

If you’re wondering  about transplanting your hydrangeas, now is it. The time to transplant hydrangeas is one of the questions that often comes up during my lectures and talks as audiences realize they need to move their plants.

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Climbing Hydrangeas

Climbing hydrangeas are the subject du jour. Despite the coming attractions from my prior post, I just couldn’t help writing about them now. Climbing hydrangeas are in bloom in my garden and they are fabulous!! FIND A CLIMBING HYDRANGEA IN THE LANDSCAPE If you can get anywhere near a climbing hydrangea (hydrangea ssp. petiolaris), do…

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Hydrangea Leaves Stuck Together

Leaves stuck together on woodland/smooth hydrangea

Why are some hydrangea leave stuck together? Take a look at your ‘Annabelle’ hydrangea and any other hydrangea arborescens you may have like Incrediball® or Invincibelle® Spirit. You may notice some of the leaves stuck together and cupped. It looks like these leaves on my Invincibelle® Spirit. Pretty interesting, huh? Don’t panic!

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Gift Hydrangeas Are Here!

Gift hydrangeas are here! Between Easter just past and Mother’s Day just a few weeks away, it was inevitable that these traditional gift plants (also called florist hydrangeas) would show up. You can’t avoid them in local garden centers, grocery stores, and box stores. Here in the northeast, blooming florist hydrangeas are a welcome sight as…

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