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Help! My hydrangea isn’t looking very healthy!

NewbieGardener101NewbieGardener101 Posts: 13
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Came home to a very sad looking hydrangea. 

Any ideas what’s happened? How can I fix it? 

Thanks in advance 

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  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    If you give it a watering can full of water all to itself I think it will pick up. 

    I assume it’s not long been planted and was previously in a pot? If so it would be better if you cut some of the flowers off to allow the roots to form strongly in the ground. 
    The pot grown ones are forced on for selling purposes. 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • HelixHelix Posts: 631
    Agree entirely with Lyn....get watering!
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Agreeing here too 👍 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    I'll third that - or fourth it!
    If it's in a very sunny site, it'll struggle too. They're best with dappled, or at least, a decent amount of shade, especially through the hottest part of the day.
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
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