I had been planning on getting hydrangea in the spring but this one found me in december :)
It seems to need water and that is easily remedied.
My question is: in zone 9a is it best to put it in the ground now and water it in? Or is it best to keep it in the pot and plant it in the spring? Thank you!
I'd go ahead and plant it.
It is Much happier now!
yeye, looks great! I have some hydrangeas in MA, and love them, have blue ones...they are so unusual and brighten up the gardens..Merry Christmas!!
Thanks and Merry Christmas to you too!
I plan to get as many hydrangeas as I can afford this year. I just love these plants. I can't wait to see how the colors will change in different areas of the garden.
Well I bought hydrangea #2 on monday. I also bought 2 Bleeding Heart plants (Clerodendrum Thomsoniae). To me the foliage is similar and complimentary and the flowers are quite different. They are sitting outside in the general vacinity of where I want to plant them. Problem is that every time I think I have a good idea on arangement I go out and move them to the places I had thought of and they look silly. So I let them stay in their pots and think some more.
Any ideas would be welcome. I think I have it stuck in my head that these plants want to be near each other. And taking a great recommendation from "CoastalPushZone" here on DG I am planting plants with Biblical symbology around my statue of Mary (thus the" bleedingheart" plants). I also came by two huge Amaryllis bulbs that I want to plant int he area. Confusing but exciting all the same!
Yeye5, just remember where ever you plant the C thomsoniae, it will need a trellis or support to grow on.
http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/506/
Thank you for the reminder. The plants I have are quite small but they have ended up in a place that will be fine to put a trellis. I may get a few more and eventually have a semi circular trellis shaped over the statue of Mary.
Wishing you a Merry Christmas!
That would be lovely. Merry Christmas to you also.
You can take cuttings from both your kind of plants if that helps you increase the amount of plants you require, best time is late summer and use branches that have not yet flowered, the bleeding heart can be propagated from root cuttings or hardier types from the same method as the Hydrangea's, sound like you have a good long term plan so good luck. WeeNel.
I just say this Weenel. I should have looked sooner because in the frost in the first week on january I didn't know it was coming so I didn't take cuttings in advance. I tried yesterday to take a few root cuttings of the bleeding hearts. I guess I'll see what happens. The hydrangeas are sprouting new leaves and buds but I want them to devote their energies to surviving the winter. Is it better to take cuttings from these and have them in pots for next winter?
Sounds like you are going to have a beautiful garden.
Did you get the "old bleeding heart" or the smaller one that keeps blooming for months?
I have tried the smaller one, I like it but it does not the impact of the larger blooming one.
I bought the small pots with what I think were small bleeding heart plants. I hope it's true what everyone says; you can't kill them...because mine died back in the frost and haven't been seen since.
I live in zone 5 and my bleeding hearts have increased in size with little care.
Yours should come back from the roots, good luck with them...
I can send you some of my roots when the weather warms up if you want.
Ladyslipper, I still see no growth where I planted them. Maybve I'll be the first person who killed them??
I would much appreciate som eroots to try again. On the lighter side, my over pruned hydrangeas are sprouting nice big leaves. I will likely break down a buy a few more since I can't resist the flowers.
Been 'warm' here in Massachusetts, and enjoying it!
Have been outside cleaning up and planting pansies.
Have not seen any signs of the bleeding hearts yet, will send you some when they come up.
My hydrangea's are growing from the ground up, also have one that has leaves coming from old wood I did not cut down.
They are really beautiful, especially the blue ones!
Ladyslipper, thank you so much for keeping me in mind! I will happily take care of plants that are sent (and reimburse you of course).
Yesterday in a close inspection of a part of my garden I saw what May be a little piece of bleeding heart--I am still not sure if it is or if it's a weed but I dare not pull it out. I'd love to add a ladder of them to behind me statue of Mary. I over pruned my hydrangeas after the first frost (not knowing..."prune now, ask questions later?"). They are growing beautifully from approx 3 inches above the ground. I think I am going to buy more and plant them while I nurture the 2 I have pruned. I just can't resist them! I have called them "grandmother plants" forever because they were planted in front of my grandmothers house when I was a child.
