Accessible Gardening: #21 Practical Matters for Phsically Challenged Gardeners, 1 by carrielamont

carrielamont wrote:
I love those blues! Ray doesn\'t like hydrangea for some reason. This one I really like is the first one I\'ve ever had. I traded some maple seedlings to someone on DG a loong time ago, like 5-10 years ago, when most people hadn\'t heard of Quick Fire hydrangea. It is special because it blooms earlier than most hydrangea. The (very fragrant) creamy white blossoms change color to deep rosy/dark orange color during the summer. They\'re really pretty, impressionist looking.

I planted it in my back garden (as a twig) years ago, and it quickly got a LOT bigger than I had imagined. So I made the help (Ray and my kids) move it to the front yard, where there was more space. It got MUCH bigger now that it had sun and space and it is still too big.

The foundation plantings that were planted when my house was built (c. 1951) were ALL way too close to the foundation. They may have been cute and small when the house was new, but they were all too big, too close, etc. I mean even according to the 50s they were too close. But add 40 years of growth and they were a horrible tangle of underbrush.

I think Ray cleared all the stuff out of the front.