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  • #1

    Hydrangea

    Afternnon All

    I am thinking of traveling back to my childhood days when my grandparents had hydrangeas in the garden.

    With the amount of growing space I now have i want to create a border one end.

    Any views on modern cultivars?
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    I don't like the mophead varieties much but do have a pretty white lacecap that fades to pink.
    I couldn't tell you its name as I pinched a cutting from a friends garden. Freebies are always best - so have a nose round your friends' gardens to see what they have

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    • #3
      Are they easier to propagate?

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      • #4
        They are easy to propagate.. I have taken cuttings from my own hydrangea a few times and they have always taken. Best to use shoots that haven't flowered and has no buds on it.
        And I do love the mophead ones, in fact I love them all
        https://nodigadventures.blogspot.com/

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        • #5
          Thanks Sarriss

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          • #6
            I have hydrangea paniculata Vanilla Fraise. Big cone flowers start cream/white, turn pink and end up a dark pink, over about three months. I bought a little one quite cheap last year and it flowered beautifully, now grown quite a bit bigger. It's really pretty.
            Mostly flowers, some fruit and veg, at the seaside in Edinburgh.

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            • #7
              I found a piece of hydrangea lying on the ground after my brother had pruned his a couple of years ago. Stuck it in a pot just to see what would happen, nothing happened but this year it has a few leaves on it. How long would it normally take to start rooting?
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              • #8
                Pleased to hear about taking cuttings Sarriss,thank you,i got a beauty 2 years ago,label has took leggs,the blooms on it are pale pink and white tinge,the shape is more elongated,like a large cone shape,will have to take 2 or 3 cuttings,do you take a bit off a heal,as in dahalia,powder and pot,or water until roots.
                sigpicAnother nutter ,wife,mother, nan and nanan,love my growing places,seed collection and sharing,also one of these

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                • #9
                  Propagation instructions with pics here https://www.burncoose.co.uk/site/con...s+-+Care+Guide

                  scroll about halfway down the page to see them

                  Mine rooted easily without using rooting powder.
                  Last edited by Thelma Sanders; 23-05-2019, 02:06 PM.

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                  • #10
                    I stuck my cuttings into the sides of a pot, no root powder or anything, and whilst I can't see any growth on top, it hasn't changed at all either, so I'll happily leave them where they are.
                    https://nodigadventures.blogspot.com/

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