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Climbing Hydrangea - advice needed

samantha.bentley1samantha.bentley1 Posts: 12
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Hi,
I brought my climbing hydrangea last year and this year it doesn’t seem to be doing as well. Some leaves have gone black and it doesn’t seem to be growing at all.
It’s in a shaded area in my garden as I was told they are perfect for shade.
Can anybody please offer some advice on what I’m doing wrong, or am I being a little OTT?
Thanks in advance 
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  • samantha.bentley1samantha.bentley1 Posts: 12

  • LoxleyLoxley Posts: 5,698
    A bit dry perhaps? 
    "What is hateful to you, do not do to your neighbour". 
  • samantha.bentley1samantha.bentley1 Posts: 12
    It’s watered every day (however, we hadn’t been doing this up to a week ago, it was only watered every few days) how often should we be watering it? 
  • LoxleyLoxley Posts: 5,698
    A good drink every few days should be fine, so maybe it's not water. 
    "What is hateful to you, do not do to your neighbour". 
  • samantha.bentley1samantha.bentley1 Posts: 12
    @pansyface I have read somewhere that they take years to get going but as you say, it just seems to be existing rather than growing. How often do you water yours? 
  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    I heard it can take up to seven years to get going.
  • 1634 Racine1634 Racine Posts: 568
    First is sleeps, then it creeps, then it leaps
  • TenNTenN Posts: 184
    Golden rule of gardening - wait and see.
  • LG_LG_ Posts: 4,360
    They do take a long time - years - to get going. And then they grow like Topsy, in my experience.
    'If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.'
    - Cicero
  • LoxleyLoxley Posts: 5,698
    I bought two, three years ago. Both did pretty good the first year after planting, then one died towards the end of year two. I inadvertently cut off the water supply to its planting hole with a brick planter. The one that lived is doing fairly well. 
    "What is hateful to you, do not do to your neighbour". 
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