I allocate the majority of my higher end spending in the garden towards my obsession with blue plants. Last year I bought 2 large healthy...Read More Hydrangea macrophylla ‘Shugert’ or Forever and Ever Endless Summer varieties. They were the first to show signs of growth this spring when the temps warmed up. However the Polar Vortex that hit with several late frosts killed all growth. Now all my other hydrangeas are up and running with new leaf growth on smaller ones and full leaf on established paniculata varieties. These two appear dead with no signs of life so I'm afraid they succumbed to the frost. I've never had to cover any of my hydrangeas so didn't realize these would be different. One reader mentioned using a box without top or bottom around plant then filling with mulch and not removing until any danger of frost has passed (ie May!). Since these are right beside my front door I don't want to spend at least 6 months of the year with boxes in front of my house! I have three other varieties next to these and they have come back showing leaf growth. This variety appears to not be very hardy even when the plant is sizable. It requires a lot more care than other hydrangeas so I'm finding out.
Nice plant, has been a surprisingly vigorous grower and bloomed last year on old and new wood. Flowers are not as large as 'Twist-n'shout...Read More' and overall plant isn't as nice. If I didn't have that, I may have liked this one better. Flowers are pink-light blue. Bloomed into October for me last year. Had pretty bad mildew while most of my hydrangeas did not. Only Preziosa had it worse last year.
I allocate the majority of my higher end spending in the garden towards my obsession with blue plants. Last year I bought 2 large healthy...Read More
Nice plant, has been a surprisingly vigorous grower and bloomed last year on old and new wood. Flowers are not as large as 'Twist-n'shout...Read More