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iechris's Hydrangea 'Endless Summer' #2

Plant: Hydrangea (Hydrangea macrophylla) | Variety: Endless Summer | 3 |

I went back and forth on what to plant in this spot. Sometimes I thought it was a sunny spot, but then I do think it gets a lot of shade. This is what I consider to be the start of my shade border, it is along the side of my yard on the front yard side of the fence.

The first plant I bought to go there was a Forever and Ever ‘Double Pink’, but the more I thought about it… it is a new variety, I don’t know how it will do, this will be sort of a prominant place in the yard… I decided to go tried (and trite) and true… Endless Summer.

I dug all the roots out from the area that it is planted in and there is a ‘Fireworks’ clematis planted just behind it.

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Planting Data

Plant: Hydrangea (153)
Variety: Endless Summer (19)

Source

Purchased from Lowes on 23 Apr 08

Milestones

	Day 0 23 Apr 08 Transplanted
	Day 26 19 May 08 Blooming
	Day 34 27 May 08 Blooming
	Day 345 03 Apr 09 Breaking Dormancy

Comments

Happibun wrote:
I was looking at some of these the other day and wondering about getting one. The thing is that the border I want to put it in is rather dry. How drought tolerant are these?

Posted on 20 Jun 08 (about 1 years ago)
iechris wrote:
Supposedly they are drought tolerant once established, think 5 years, but until then I’ve found them to be VERY thirsty plants. Currently my inground Endless Summers are watered every day, sometimes twice a day when it is very hot.

Posted on 21 Jun 08 (about 1 years ago)
Happibun wrote:
Thanks for that Iechris, I can see that I would have my work cut out for me if I had one then. I sometimes have to go away for a week or more, and so what I plant has to be hardy enough to survive without TLC for a while.

You are obviously dedicated to your hydrangeas, and it does show. They look lovely.

Posted on 21 Jun 08 (about 1 years ago)