Sad hydrangea :-(
Dudleybuds
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So, my mum and I saw the most beautiful hydrangea at the garden centre, the heads were huge like footballs and a full array of colour. We immediatly fell in love and bought two beautiful large plants. Then we bought two nice large bucket style containers for them to live in. I promptly planted them giving them a good drink and a treat of some Richard Jackson fertiliser. We are almost two weeks in and they are looking very sorry for thenselves indeed. I have moved them out of direct sunlight and they now get good sun in the morning then reasonable shade for the rest of the day. This matches the guidance in the card. But they are really not happy. Have I done something wrong? I wondered if they may have been artificially grown to look good in the garden centre but how can I keep them looking good now?
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Hydrangias are very thirsty plants - are they getting plenty of water?
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
No there not artificialy grown.Have you planted them up in eracaceious compost Dudley and given a scattering of fish bone and blood.
When you say you've given them fertilizer, you don't mean you've put dry concentrate in direct contact with their roots, do you?
And do their containers have good drainage?
Verdun, you beat me to the second question!
Last edited: 17 July 2016 20:43:41
I can't attach a photo for some reason :-(
i used a rose and shrub style compost and added some very fine ground fertiliser to the compost. The tibs do have a drainage hole at the bottom and the ticket says they like morning sun then shady days. i asked the man in the garden centre about which compost tin use and the Rose & one was suggested.
I'll keep trying with the photo
Right, thanks for the tips. I'll go and get some of that compost tomorrow and check it out. I'll post an update and let you know how it turns out
Looks like rain damage and not been able to cope with high humidity to me. You'll be fine with eracaceious compost. It will plump that colour no end.
Not sure hydrangeas are happy in pots. I suggest planting them in open ground - and in full or half-shade, NOT in the sun. And water well, of course.