Limelight Hydrangea #67
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Date: 2022-07-16
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Shelley
I have a limelight that I can see from my kitchen sink and I must say it is the star of my garden. It sits at the end of the garden bed and is the full height of 8ft tall. A few years into it, I trimmed up the bottom to put in more tree form and it made me love it even more, becasue I underplanted it with Blackberry Ice Heuchera. Then I planted a PeeGee and Pinky Winky standard to make a bit of a triagle along my back patio. Now that I know how to fertilize them, I can start taking better care of them! Thank you for your videos
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I have a limelight that I can see from my kitchen sink and I must say it is the star of my garden. It sits at the end of the garden bed and is the full height of 8ft tall. A few years into it, I trimmed up the bottom to put in more tree form and it made me love it even more, becasue I underplanted it with Blackberry Ice Heuchera. Then I planted a PeeGee and Pinky Winky standard to make a bit of a triagle along my back patio. Now that I know how to fertilize them, I can start taking better care of them! Thank you for your videos
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Renea
I have a limelight hydrangea that I planted 3 yrs ago and for the last 2 yrs it gets so big that all the blooms are on the ground cause the stems cannot hold their weight. I did add a cage around it this spring so I'm hoping this works but haven't seen this problem with others that I've had in the past. I do trim it way back each fall/winter hoping this will help but it doesn't seem to make a difference. Any advise would be helpful. Thanks for all your videos, they are great. I'm in North Carolina (zone 7.
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I have a limelight hydrangea that I planted 3 yrs ago and for the last 2 yrs it gets so big that all the blooms are on the ground cause the stems cannot hold their weight. I did add a cage around it this spring so I'm hoping this works but haven't seen this problem with others that I've had in the past. I do trim it way back each fall/winter hoping this will help but it doesn't seem to make a difference. Any advise would be helpful. Thanks for all your videos, they are great. I'm in North Carolina (zone 7.
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Helen
I am thinking of digging out the bed on the north side of our back fence and putting in hydrangeas. First. am I putting them in the right location? Our house is almost perfectly aligned to N/S.
Also. 2nd. I am in love with Macrophylla hydrangea Pistachio and am wondering if the Limelight hydrangea (the short one mentioned here) is a good match to alternate with the Pistachio? Or is there a good lime colored hydrangia that would be more compatible?
Zone 6 Washington state.
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I am thinking of digging out the bed on the north side of our back fence and putting in hydrangeas. First. am I putting them in the right location? Our house is almost perfectly aligned to N/S.
Also. 2nd. I am in love with Macrophylla hydrangea Pistachio and am wondering if the Limelight hydrangea (the short one mentioned here) is a good match to alternate with the Pistachio? Or is there a good lime colored hydrangia that would be more compatible?
Zone 6 Washington state.
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Adelina
Love the look of your soil. The fact that you use a shovel to dig holes is incredible to me. In my garden I use a mattock and a spade. We have volcanic soil that is very old and eroded with a very high iron content and a very clayey. The soil is actually orange/red with pH is 6. 5 to 7 which is good for most things. So lots of compost and mulch to keep things happy. I wish I had your soil.
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Love the look of your soil. The fact that you use a shovel to dig holes is incredible to me. In my garden I use a mattock and a spade. We have volcanic soil that is very old and eroded with a very high iron content and a very clayey. The soil is actually orange/red with pH is 6. 5 to 7 which is good for most things. So lots of compost and mulch to keep things happy. I wish I had your soil.
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Meg
Thanks for the great tips! I love limelight hydrangeas and have planted several. How do you go about fertilizing after you've planted the hydrangeas? Do you sprinkle on top of the soil, and water in? Or do you use another method. I have clay soil and am having trouble maintaining my plants. I get a lot of yellow leaves, as well as black ants as the summer ends. Any organic suggestions?
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Thanks for the great tips! I love limelight hydrangeas and have planted several. How do you go about fertilizing after you've planted the hydrangeas? Do you sprinkle on top of the soil, and water in? Or do you use another method. I have clay soil and am having trouble maintaining my plants. I get a lot of yellow leaves, as well as black ants as the summer ends. Any organic suggestions?
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lpebbles06
I absolutely love hydrangeas! After so many years hows it going with the lime light hydrangea are they getting really big or hard to maintain? Do you wish you would have went with a small one now? I have four I want to plant near my window but from other videos on lime lights they can grow really big. I know i can cut them back but not sure.
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I absolutely love hydrangeas! After so many years hows it going with the lime light hydrangea are they getting really big or hard to maintain? Do you wish you would have went with a small one now? I have four I want to plant near my window but from other videos on lime lights they can grow really big. I know i can cut them back but not sure.
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NADA
I have read a reply you gave in how to make hydrangeas fuller. What do you mean by topping them and the plants are forced to grow out and not upward. Once desired thickness let them grow out. Sorry dont know what that means.
It looks like these hydrangeas are a fussy plant and yet I bought them cause of their beauty. Thanks.
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I have read a reply you gave in how to make hydrangeas fuller. What do you mean by topping them and the plants are forced to grow out and not upward. Once desired thickness let them grow out. Sorry dont know what that means.
It looks like these hydrangeas are a fussy plant and yet I bought them cause of their beauty. Thanks.
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Kali
I planted a little lime (dwarf Limelight) and the leaves on the bottom part of the stems all dried up and the newer leaves shriveled up. I have been watering more (almost 2 gallons a day in a container) and cleaned up the dead parts. Anyone else have this happen or have any suggestion on what else may have been the issue?
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I planted a little lime (dwarf Limelight) and the leaves on the bottom part of the stems all dried up and the newer leaves shriveled up. I have been watering more (almost 2 gallons a day in a container) and cleaned up the dead parts. Anyone else have this happen or have any suggestion on what else may have been the issue?
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Julie
I love your videos, thanks! I also love limelights. I have some planted along our sidewalk. In the late fall I prune back my 8' limelights to about 3' tall and sting Christmas lights on them. They always grow back the following summer to 8. I also mix in vanilla strawberry and pink diamond hydrangea. Beautiful mix!
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I love your videos, thanks! I also love limelights. I have some planted along our sidewalk. In the late fall I prune back my 8' limelights to about 3' tall and sting Christmas lights on them. They always grow back the following summer to 8. I also mix in vanilla strawberry and pink diamond hydrangea. Beautiful mix!
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