have a hydrangea bush, purple heart, stella d'orio lilies, pencil trees, in front yard.....they are like deer candy!!!! every season, I spray them, and keep spraying after rain etc....but the deer continue to munch on them! how can I stop them without fencing off the whole flowerbed? they hang around all the time, I cant keep doing this. any suggestions? (btw, I'm an oldie so has to be easy)...thanks!
Unfortunately deer will eat almost ANYTHING! Here are some articles that will help, though:
We trimmed back an older hydrangea, then moved it to a place where it gets afternoon shade. It's been there 3 years and hasn't grown much or bloomed. What do we need to do?
Make sure that the soil drains welll in the new location and has no nutrient deficiencies. If all the new spring growth originated strictly from the crown/base, the new location is exposing last year’s stems to environmental conditions that are not favorable and which kill or dry them during winter. Winter protection May be necessary to regain reliable blooming. Or, you could try a rebloomer hydrangea from the Let’d Dance Series (choose cultivars that do not grow taller than 3 feet though), Smooth Hydrangeas (aka, hydrangea arborescens; morning sun only until 12pm) or Pee Gee Hydrangeas (aka, hydrangea paniculata; can get full sun).
I have 2 kaleidoscope hydrangeas and three of another type (don't know what type). Some years we have prunes all old wood in the spring, and didn't prune in other years. Doesn't seem to matter; still no blooms.
If they do not bloom, it will mean that they bloom on old wood, and likely need several years of unpruned or unharmed growth to flower.
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/ornamental/shrubs/hydrangea/hydrangea-not-blooming.htm
I must move my hydrangea plant as it was sold to me as a small (dwarf?) hydrangea but has grown to be way too big for the area I planted it in. It is now about 6 feet tall and 4 feet wide. It is about 4 years old. It is currently starting to bloom (still small blooms). Do Hydrangea roots spread out under the soil or do they have a long root? If it has a long root, approx. how deep do they grow? Note: It must be moved within the next few days, so unfortunately I cannot wait till it is not blooming. Do you think it will survive? Note: I don't know what kind of hydrangea it is, but I do know that it is NOT an "Annabelle Hydrangea".
It would be best to wait till fall and when it isn't blooming. Since it needed to be moved within a few days, just make sure to get most of the rootball and have the new location dug and waiting. Make sure it is well watered till it gets reestablished.
The roots are composed of underground rhizomes that elongate and spread out as the plant grows. Typically the root zone is as far out as the canopy.
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/ornamental/shrubs/hydrangea/transplanting-hydrangea-bushes.htm
This hydrangea was a gift, but had no identification label, flowers appear pink then turn white
This reminds me of the variety called the Lacecap!
Here is an article that will help:
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/ornamental/shrubs/hydrangea/lacecap-hydrangea-care.htm
When should hydrangeas be pruned? When should rhododendrons be pruned? What is dead-heding?
For both plants, you only need to remove dead wood with some regularity. In the south, pruning of dead wood happens after the end of May i case the stems are alive and leafing out late. Further north, you can wait until June or even July. If you need to prune live wood in hydrangeas that bloom on old wood, do so after the plant stops opening flower buds. For hydrangeas that bloom on new wood, avoid pruning somewhere from mid spring to as late as late summer/fall as that is a period when those hydrangeas develop flower buds and open flowers. Rhododendrons should also be pruned after the flowers begin to fade. Removal of the spent flowers is what is called deadheading and it can be done at any time. Deadheding hydrangeas does not encourage reblooming as you get a maximum of one bloom per stem per year with any hydrangea. It typically consists of short cuts of the stems (say, the first set of leaves); you can also cut at the peduncle, the string that attaches blooms to the stem. If the cut is short, you do not interfere much with any flower bud development that could be going on.
My climbing hydrangea seem very healthy and grows on the east wall but the plant barely flowers. The flowers show up in many places but only the odd petal comes out on each bloom. What can we do to get the whole flower to bloom white?
These vines can be pretty particular, unfortunately. There are a few things that you can do to help it along and get it to bloom better, though. This article will offer suggestions: