tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33288643.post1364862386775816302..comments2023-12-18T03:54:34.700-05:00Comments on RockyCat: Hydrangeas and other garden related newsrockygracehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14457010488015617811noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33288643.post-19273700768204212102007-08-29T07:19:00.000-04:002007-08-29T07:19:00.000-04:00Everyone knows SO much more about gardening than I...Everyone knows SO much more about gardening than I do! I look at our garden and think I have to move a whole bunch of plants. <BR/><BR/>I seem to have made a very busy bit and an empty bit. Never mind, next year I WILL do better!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33288643.post-37331478548249005222007-08-24T22:45:00.000-04:002007-08-24T22:45:00.000-04:00Those tiger lilies will spread and spread and spre...Those tiger lilies will spread and spread and spread....Poetry Echoeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08884513790435548797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33288643.post-47891333022384387822007-08-23T08:41:00.000-04:002007-08-23T08:41:00.000-04:00Thanks for the info, Bridgett. Actually, I have a...Thanks for the info, Bridgett. Actually, I have avoided pruning the hydrangeas at all, over confusion about the whole "setting their buds on last year's wood" thing. Maybe the fertilizer's the problem .... although I usually only remember to fertilize a couple of times a year, because I am lazy.<BR/><BR/>As far as the Rose of Sharons, I think they're all the same variety; at least they all look the same ..... gosh, I've got a lot to learn, don't I?!rockygracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14457010488015617811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33288643.post-44158518680030681142007-08-22T23:17:00.000-04:002007-08-22T23:17:00.000-04:00I'm betting this is not a placement problem at all...I'm betting this is not a placement problem at all. You've got what are called "mophead" hydrangeas, which bloom off the cane wood. Don't be so tidy and remove all the "dead sticks" out of them in the springs. If you overprune in either fall or spring (hydrangeas set their bloom buds very early...like before August up in NY), they won't bloom at all. It doesn't sound like yours are "remontant" (develop new buds for this season if you happen to mess up), so if I were you, I might just not fuss on them too much and see what happened. <BR/><BR/>You also might be fertilizing them with stuff that encourages foliage growth but doesn't support their blooms. (This was a mistake I made a couple of years ago when I went all crazy on some Miracle-Gro stuff. Lush green leaves, but no flowers at all.) <BR/><BR/>No ideas about the Rose of Sharon. Are they all three the same variety?bridgetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11257980437758725837noreply@blogger.com