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Unhappy climbing hydrangea

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  • On the basis it might grow to 4x4 metres I am definitely going to move it....potentially this weekend. Can I just ask one last question please fairygirl? Should I be waiting until plant is dormant? ie nov/dec?  Thanks, Rachel 
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    If it's a bit hot and dry where you are, yes - probably better to wait.  :)
    Just do the prep etc and take care when digging it out.
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • Thanks very much. Over and out!
  • Papi JoPapi Jo Posts: 4,254
    Fairygirl said:
    Papi jo lives in France, so hot sunshine is in abundance  ;)
    They will tolerate some sun if they're happy down below, and will generally be fine if they aren't exposed to too many hours of really hot sun. A shady aspect is the ideal though. [...]
    Well, the abundance of sunshine depends which part of France you live in. Anyway, I've just had a look at (and taken a pic of) my climbing hydrangea and thought it provided a perfect example of how this plant likes to grow (away from the scorching sun). Here we go...This hydrangea is planted in the soil (at the bottom of the pic, to the left) against an old stone wall (garden shed, actually), the aspect is West. The whole is in the shade of the house to the right (South); it has no sun at all in autumn, winter and early spring. It has some sun in the sunny hours of the day in late spring and summer. The orange dotted line shows more or less the separation between the zone which gets some sun (above) and the zone which hardly sees any sun (below). At this time of year, before the leaves fall, it is quite clear that the foliage exposed to the sun has turned a paler shade of green, whilst the part mostly in the shade of the house is a brighter green.
    The blue dotted arrow shows the general direction of the growth of the plant (it more or less follows the main stem). The plant clearly grows away from the sunny zone!
    The thin red curved line to the left shows an interesting fact. It follows one stem which started to grow towards the left (so towards the sun) until it reached the edge of the stone wall and "decided" there was too much sun there and turned right, towards the shade.
    Hydrangea planted in the autumn of 2014. Now reaches 4 metres (to the top right).
  • Wow thanks really interesting! Thanks
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