Shade Gardening: Continued.. Spring photos and early summer photos., 1 by Noreaster

Noreaster wrote:
What a pretty shot, Bev. And I love all the hydrangea pics, too. My macrophylla hydrangea did a weird thing this year...I winter protected it with a big box, and all seemed to be going well....then in the Spring, the buds just went into a sort of coma and stopped growing. Some don't look dead even now- they are bright green and plump...just not growing. They've looked the same for about two months now. Every bud or two at the top of every cane grew, and I have dozens of flowers forming at the top of canes, but no new growth from any buds in the middle of the plant...just the very top, and from the bottom. Looks really ridiculous and I'm not sure what to do with it after it blooms to get it normal looking again.


Here is my favorite Heuchera, which blooms from Spring to first frost. Gypsy Dancer