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Hydrangea not doing so well.

mooota1514mooota1514 Posts: 74
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Hi I purchased this "hydrangea house plant" 2-weeks ago from Aldi. when I purchased the plant it was lovely Pink foliage.

I have been making sure the soil is moist over a few days after purchase it started to loss colour.

Any help please.


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  • strelitzia32strelitzia32 Posts: 758
    Hard to see in the photos but it looks like you have a set of flowers at the top which are nicely in bloom and color? If so, that indicates soil and watering etc is all fine - hydrangeas are sensitive to ph, you can change the color using additives easily.

    So it may be that either the lower blooms are expended (lots of supermarket flowers are grown and managed to look best on the shelf and then mysteriously die when you get them home), or you've got the plant in full sun which will wash out the color quickly too.

    The foliage looks good, so maybe try moving it to a shady area. 
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    Hydrangeas are not house plants. They need to be in the ground, or at least a huge pot for their first couple of years. 
    The lowers flowers have been forced for show and sale, they’re dead now.
    If you can plant it out as soon as possible in the garden, you will save it, if you leave it in that pot, it will surely die.
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    As @Lyn says.
    The flowers are done, apart from that top one, but if you give it the correct care, you'll get more next year - not at the same time though. Shade and plenty of water, don't leave it in the sun.
    They're mainly summer flowering. The forcing means they're flowering for spring - often for the Easter market, which is when most of them get sold.  :)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • mooota1514mooota1514 Posts: 74
    Excellent thanks to all.
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