hydrangea - is it dead?

squelchyno1 · August 2015

I bought a young hydrangea a few months ago which was small but had several leaves and a bud. I planted it straight away and mulched it to keep the weeds down. I checked my garden over tonight and found that all the leaves and bud has gone, and i am left with a green stick.

is it still alive?

squelchyno1 · August 2015

Dovefromabove · August 2015

Hi SquelchyNo1

To be absolutely frank, it's not the healthiest hydrangea I've ever seen - do you have rabbits or deer in your neck of the woods?

Decepticon · August 2015

Probably still alive and may regrow next year, looks like its been eaten by slugs or rabbits.

I'm no expert though

chicky · August 2015

Our deer avoid hydrangeas - think they are poisonous to them. Not sure about rabbits. You could try protecting it with an upturned hanging basket until it gets going?

musher · August 2015

it looks like it needs to be wheeled in to icu straight away.

Any plant thats in a dyer state. But has that flicker of green with in it. Theres always hope it will pull through.

Perhaps dry multch it during the colder months

squelchyno1 · August 2015

Thanks everyone. Think it's been eaten by slugs as we don't get many rabbits or deer this way. I will protect it with a cloche until the summer I think and see what happens

Lyn · August 2015

Slugs, snails and rabbits don't eat them, I think that's 'late ' plant.

nutcutlet · August 2015

I agree Lyn

Cloggie · August 2015

I had some hydrangea snippings that lived after I found them still green where I'd thrown them on the ground about a week earlier. I then stuck them in compost to the side of a pot and a couple of them rooted (but others died) so I wouldn't think it's all over until it definitely is. Think I'd pull the mulch away from the stem though.

hydrangea - is it dead?

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