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Honey fungus - hydrangeas

ClarendonClarendon Posts: 11
in Problem solving
Can anyone tell me from experience if hydrangeas are susceptible or not to honey fungus?  Gardeners World website says they are but the RHS list from 2021 says they are not.

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  • PlantmindedPlantminded Posts: 3,580
    edited March 2023
    I’d consider the RHS guidance as more closely researched.  Hydrangeas are listed by the RHS in the rarely affected category.
    Wirral. Sandy, free draining soil.


  • punkdocpunkdoc Posts: 15,039
    Sadly, the RHS seems to get an awful lot wrong too. Try reading their plant reviews, totally wrong in some cases.
    How can you lie there and think of England
    When you don't even know who's in the team

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  • bédébédé Posts: 3,095
    Honey fungus is rampant in my garden. It has taken sweet chestnuts, birch and rhododendrons, but not camellias, beech or rhododendrons.  Fingers crossed.
     location: Surrey Hills, England, ex-woodland acidic sand.
    "Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    I've never had honey fungus in any garden so can't really advise, but I've never heard anyone mention them [hydrangeas] being prone to it.
    Are you wanting to plant one @Clarendon and do you have honey fungus around?
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • bédébédé Posts: 3,095
    edited March 2023
    correction:  honey fungus has never attacked my hydrangeas.
     location: Surrey Hills, England, ex-woodland acidic sand.
    "Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
  • PlantmindedPlantminded Posts: 3,580
    Sounds like the RHS might be right on this occasion!
    Wirral. Sandy, free draining soil.


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