Endless Summer Hydrangea
‘Endless Summer ‘ Hydrangea is part of a small group of Hydrangea macrophylla that is known to be dependable for winter hardiness (zone 4-9 (-25 to -30F) and repeat blooming. It was discovered in St. Paul, Minnesotta, by Vern Black an employee of Bailey Nursery. After several years of trial testing, it was confirmed that wintered plants that died back to the ground still set buds and produced flowers the same season; proving that it bloomed on new as well as old wood. This is an unusual characteristic for H. macrophylla because it blooms only on old wood. This new plant was referred to as remontant or everblooming hydrangea because it had the ability to form flower buds in the tips of new growth, allowing repeat flowering throughout the growing season.
‘Endless Summer’ Bailmer grows to 3-5 feet high and wide and the color depends on the soil ph .
Since its introduction, similar cultivars of remontant Hydrangeas were discovered such as: ‘Penny Mac’, ‘All Summer Beauty’, ‘Blushing Bride’. ‘Dooley’, ‘David Ramsey’, ‘Decatur Blue’, ‘Mini Penny’, ‘Oak Hill’ and ‘Twist n Shout’. New and improved cultivars are constantly being tested and evaluated. Look for more varieties in the future.
Planting hydrangea & care
-Choose a location with morning sun and afternoon shade.
-Plant in moist, well-drained soil. Amend poor soils with organic material.
-Dig a hole 2x the size of the rootball, mix in compost/peat moss. Before planting check the roots are they white and healthy? Gently loosen the roots before placing in the ground and plant at the same soil level as grown in the container. Backfill the soil and be sure not to compact the soil. Water the plant which will fill in any loose soil and add 2 inches of mulch over the plants.
-Don’t plant under a tree as there will be competition for light and moisture.
Hydrangea care info
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Winter protection
I have two Endless Summer hydrangas and live in Vermont, how do you suggest preparing them for the cold winter months?
Leaf spot
I have 5 new hydrangia (endless summer) plants I purchased from a nursery this summer 2005. They seem to be doing fine, blooming ok but they leaves have brown spots on them, it looks like rust. Any ideas what that might be? Thank you.
Hydrangea not blooming
I purchased an Endless Summer hydrangea last summer. It bloomed beautifully last year, wintered well, and has really nice foliage this year, but no blooms. It gets plenty of sun and water, and I haven’t fertilized it (so no over-fertilization). Any thoughts?
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I have a nikko blue and know it is suppose to bloom on old wood. Mine never has. It puts on 10″ of new grown and then blooms. It also put up new shoots out of the ground then bloom on the new shoots. I have lived in many states and it is the same everywhere i have lived.. . . what gives? Dawna
Pruning
I have 5 Endless Summer Hydrangeas plants on the side of my house which is partial to full sun. Now that we are going into the winter months here in Chicago Il, I dont know if we ned to cut them all down, to have full bloom and healthy stems for next Spring,,??
Can Endless Summer Hydrangas live in large pots?
Rust
Hi, I live in Ohio and we are in zone 5 and I have 2 endless summer hydrangea’s. At this time we are going thru a drought in our state but all most all my flowers look ok but the hydrangea’s I bought early this spring. Now I have rust on the leaves. It bloomed fine, except the ht. didn’t grow at all, is there some type of chemical to put on the plants to get rid of the rust, or should I remove the leaves? Is there any way to produce more flowers, as since this was there first season, I still have a few flowers, but was wondering if there was a method on how to produce more. I followed the planting instructions to the “T” so I know they are planted in the right place. If anyone could help I would appreciate I don’t want to lose them thanks. Barbara C.
Thanks for the great information on my rust problems for my endless summer hydrangeas. The problem with one is the rust is on most of all of the leaves. I can’t spray anything on them in Ohio it’s in the high 80’s and going to be 91 degrees this week. We are in the middle of a drought. If I remove the rusted leaves I may not have any leaves left on 1 plant, I wouldn’t mind if it came back next year, or should I move it, right now it is facing east under an overhang. The tag when I bought it said shade part sun, and that’s where they both are planted. The other one is at the other end of the overhang in front of the house and now it looks good, after removing rusted leaves. Should I move it, or will it die, I really don’t want to lose it. Thanks Barb C
Color on hydrangea
I just planted my endless summer hydrangea around Mother’s Day. It gets morning sun & afternoon shade after about 3 pm. I am keeping it well watered daily or every other day. I live in Missouri & we have been dry the past three weeks or so. My question is this: It had beautiful blue blooms to start, now they are turning white. Are you supposed to fertilize at all during the growning season? Or only to start once in the spring? My soil is very clay-like. I’d like to keep the blooms blue. What do I need to give the plant to keep blue blooms? I love this plant & don’t want to kill it! Thanks! JB
Cut off blooms
I have one Endless Summer Hydrangea that I planted in the spring. It bloomed beautifully and still has the blooms attached, but almost all the stems are lying on the ground. It is almost as if the blooms are too heavy for the stems. Should I deadhead the blooms which are pretty much past? I live in Mass and the weather has been hot, but the plant gets plenty of water.
Planting Hydrangea
I bought 3 baby endless summer hydrangea’s this spring. I planted one directly in the soil and it died within a few weeks. I planted the other two in pots and they are doing well. One is in a larger pot 15 inches and the other in a smaller pot. I’ve read now that the root system is vigorous and I’m afraid at least the smaller pot may be too small for much continued growth. I eventually want to plant them in the ground. Could you please provide guidance about the best way and time to go about this. I live in southern South Dakota – Zone 4. Thanks!
Chlorosis
I have about 10 Endless summer plants. 4 of them are doing well. The others have no blooms and have turned a very sickly bright green color on the leaves. In spots they are almost white on the foliage. They also have not grown any since spring. Very small around 12 inches tall. I live in Alabama zone 7. I would appreciate any help for these poor plants.
Our new Endless Summer Hydrangia died less than 10 days after planting. It looked a littly droopy just before we left for vacation, so watered it thoroughly. Two days later when we returned, it looked like cooked spinach, and did not surivive. Could it have been over watered? Some friends said it did not have enough water. It was planted in a filtered sunlight (not direct) area on the north side of our home. We have had this same problem with each hydrangia we try – in various locations in our yard – all end up irreversably wilted. What are we doing wrong?
You might consider the soil and planting procedures. Hydrangeas need rich, well-drained evenly, moist soil. If you have clay soil it will retain a lot of moisture but does not drain freely. Adding organic materials such as peat moss, compost will improve the soil. Good soil preparation is the key to successful growth. When planting make the hole larger than the root ball, 2x is sufficient and add orgainic material. Plant at the same level or slightly higher as grown in the container. Before planting check the roots are they white and healthy? Then gently loosen the roots before placing in the ground. Backfill the soil and be sure not to compact the soil. Water in the plant which will fill in any loose soil. Add 2 inches of mulch over the plants. I suspect that your hydrangeas died from root rot caused by too much water or underwatering (if you have sandy soil). Not knowing which type of soil you have and how much you watered, its difficult to determine but I hope some of this will help.
Not blooming
I am in Ohio where we had a late spring freeze and are now in the midst of a heat wave & drought conditions. I planted my Endless Summer hydrangea last year and it had lovely blooms several times during the summer.
This year I have healthy green stems & leaves, but not a single bloom. I water it if it seems to be wilting from the heat.
Do you have any thoughts on why it isn’t blooming and what I should do to ensure blooms next year? Thanks for your help!
Mulching
My neighbor just planted Endless Summer. She has a bout 5″ or more of mulch close to the plant, what is the proper amount of mulch to use after planting? Should the blossoms be cut after just planting, to encourage root growth? Should any root starter or fertilizer be used at planting?
Transplant hydrangea
My mom lives in Central Illinois and wants to know if she can transplant her hydrangeas into pots for the winter. She wants to relocate the plants to a different area in her yard next spring.
Transplanting hydrangea
I live in Ontario and have a beautiful Endless Summer that is about 3 years old. We are moving in May and I would like to take it with me. How safe is it to tansplant at this time of year? Any suggestions on safe transplanting if you think it would be fine to take with us?
Thanks Lynne
I bought an E.S. hydrangea earlier this spring and replanted it in a pot and added some fertilizer. The soil is moist but well-drained and the plant gets afternoon sun. The temps where I live have mostly been in the high 70s to low 80s during the day, but they are still pretty cool at night (in the 40s) The blooms were a beautiful blue, but now they are fading and even turning green. Some look wilted. The leaves still look fine. What can I do to revive the flowers? Thanks.
Powdery Mildew
I purchased 2 Endless Blooming hydrangeas and planted them under a tree where they get a little morning sun and rest of day is shade. I realize I need to transplant them so they can get more morning sun but they have mold on the leaves. Can I spray with a fungus spray or will just transplanting fix the problem. They really look sick. They have a couple small blooms on them. Please let me know as I don’t want to lose them.
Winter dieback
I have 2 Endless Summer Hydrangea, 3 years old. My plants get about 3 hours of full morning sun – and up till 1pm they get filtered sunlight then full shade.
They never get any new growth on last years wood. They start over from the ground up each year. I end up pruning the old wood off once the new growth is about 6 inches or so tall. They grow to about 10 or 12 inches high and bloom nicely. Blue blooms and nice healthy green leaves. I’d like to see them grow taller and grow back from old wood. What can I do? Do they need a little more sunshine? I am in Central Nebraska very near zones 4b and 5a.
Large and small blooms
I have 8 E.S. plants. They have been established for 3 years. I fertilize with Holly-tone and prune deadheads and stocks in the spring. The problem is some plants have lots of blooms while others have a few. I have really large and really small blooms on the same plant and the stems are very limp. They get plenty of water, which I understand they love. I would appreciate any advice.
Flopping stems
I live in Connecticut and planted 5 Endless Summer Hydangea plants last summer. They are all doing terrific with many blooms. I have not pruned them since they were planted. I have found that when they first start their growth in the spring and begin to develop their blooms, the plant has a nice full shape with height. After one month, the branches seem to sag bringing alot of the blooms to lay on the ground creating a flatter looking plant. I am not sure if I need to prune to create a full plant that maintains its height or if there is a different solution. If prunning is the answer, what is the correct way to prune and when do I prune in my area. I do not want to interrupt blooms for the next season.
I have a 3 yr old Endless Summer hydrangea. It is doing well in a pot on covered porch and gets morning sun. My problem is that the flowers are green. I know they turn green as the bloom ages but these start out green and stay green. The first year they were blue and started to turn pink. I fertilized with acid fertilizer for hydrangeas and the flowers turned green. I searched all over for an answer and was told maybe the water ph is competing with the fertilizer and making it neutral. So I stopped fertilizer last year and the flowers turned pink. I decided to fertilize with just regular fertilizer for blooming flowers this year and my flowers are green again. The obvious answer is don’t fertilize but since the plant is in a pot, doesn’t it need some nutrients? I sure would appreciate some advice. Thanks!
Anthractnose on hydrangea
I live in Virginia and recently had some landscaping done (June 2) in a fairly shady area of our yard. I have 6 new E.S. hydrangea which I love. A couple of weeks ago, I noticed some brown spots on the blooms which look just like the photo of anthracnose on the “diseases of hydrangea” website. I have been picking off the affected petals, but there are more of them everyday. The landscape designer suggested using 3336, but the nursery guy advised against it suggesting that the plants would then require it all the time. He recommended instead to remove the brown petals. The leaves look healthy. there are a few spots/holes, but not many. I had started doing some overhead watering, but stopped when I found the brown spots. Could you please give me your advice? Thanks!
Karin
HYDRANGEA WHITE WAVE,
my hydrangea white wave (white lacecap) looks all wilted and practically dead, it was just planted 2 days ago, do you think it’s the heat?
Dormancy
I have a hydrangea plant that is about 3 years old. It looks very healthy but has only produced one sad little flower….and it is just coming on! I expect that it is located in an area that is too shaded. I’d like to move it but am afraid. Your sight references spring or fall when dormant. Dumb question…how do I know it is dormant? THANKS!
Winter protection in a pot
I was given a Blue Summer Hydrangea, in a double pot. It’s been trimmed down to about 15″ & there is new growth. I would like to know what I can do to overwinter the pot. It is on my 22nd floor balcony facing north-east in Southern Ontario, where temps are supposed to fall to 14C/6C in the next couple of days. Can I leave the pot outside for the winter? What can I do to protect the roots during our -20C winter?
Winterize hydrangea in a container
Good to know I can leave the plant outside. I wrapped the whole thing, pot & plant with bubble wrap, but am wondering if that’s over-kill??? Just having read your other section on hydrangea care, should I bubble-wrap just the pot, & cover the actual plant with something else? I’ve also completely covered my hostas with the wrap- is there something else I should be doing for them as well?
Thanks!
Winter protection
Great information here, thanks! I do have a question, though. I have four endless summer hydrangeas on the N side of my house where they get part sun, mostly shade. They bloom profusely but don’t seem to grow much in size. I’ve had them for 3 years and this past summer the plants were the biggest they’ve been, but they don’t seem to be approaching 3 feet at all. Each winter the branches and buds have died, which I’m assuming has a lot to do with the size. Will the plant ever reach it’s maximum if the branches keep dying back each winter or does the root growth take care of the size somehow? Also, I just bought burlap and stakes to shield the plants and I planned on filling each cylinder with some mulched oak leaves. Is this going to be ok for the plants? Do I need to worry about mold on the leaves harming the plant over the winter? Thank you so much for any help you can give me.
Blushing Bride hydrangea
I live in Nashville. I bought 3 Blushing Bride hydrangeas last spring. They were beautiful. This spring, two of them have started to grow back, and the third only has some new growth at the base, that’s it. My other Endless Summer’s are starting to get flower heads and are growing back almost to the full amount of growth from last year. But, this one seems so far behind the others. Is it too early to tell if it won’t come back this year, or should I wait awhile longer to see what happens? Also, do I need to prune back old wood on the Endless Summer and Blushing Bride? And if so, when do I do that?
Someone PLEASE HELP ME! I planted a Endless Summer Hydrangea late last month (April) and its planted at the edge of my back yard. On a sunny day, it gets sun for most of the day. Or at least a good half of the day. I had bought a bag of good potting soil and it had some fertilizer already mixed into it. I don’t remember exactly what kind of soil it was as I have already thrown the bag away. I put that soil in first and then planted my hydrangea. I also added 1 tablespoon of Fast Acting Sulfur so that I would get blue flowers on it instead of pink flowers. Before I planted it, there was nothing wrong with it. It looked very much healthy. After about 1-2 weeks or so, some of the leaves started to turn this almost dark purplish color. And about another week later or so, some of the leaves started getting almost grayish/silver/light brownish spots on them. I have NOT added any additional fertilizer to it. I made sure to water it good after I was done planting it. I also try to water it every other day that it doesn’t rain. The leaves that are changing color are the ones that are more on top and out in the open. I looked at some of the leaves that are closer to the ground and more shaded and those are still perfectly green. They weren’t changing color. I had gone to a garden center and brought in a leaf with me and spoke to someone there. They didn’t seem to think it was diseased or anything like that. They told me to just make sure it gets enough water. Some of the blooms/flowers on it have also turned brown on it. Been thinking about maybe deadheading but not sure yet. I would like an answer to this ASAP as I DON’T want it to die on me. My parents bought this hydrangea for me and they told me it wasn’t cheap. They paid somewhere between 25-35 dollars for it. So, any help at all would be very much appreciated. Thanks much!
I live in southern CA. (near LA, zone 10-11) and want to put 3 ES plants in my yard. The best place for them is mostly shady and gets a few hours of sun. However, it is AFTERNOON sun and not morning sun as recommended. Will that really matter? Does the general warmth and sunniness of southern CA help in this respect? Thanks for all the helpful advice..
Another question about blooming: I have seven Endless Summer hydrangeas planted on the west side of my house. They get open shade all morning, an hour of full sun at noon and dappled light/shade from distant tall trees from early afternoon onward. They bloomed profusely for several years and then stopped. They have not bloomed for three years, although they have shown good foliage growth from the root crown AND from the bottom of the previous year’s canes each year. I seldom have any disease problems with them, although I occasionally see some fungus spots on the leaves late in the summer. For years, I fed these plants with a ’super bloom’ product dissolved in water. I also treated the soil with dissolved aluminum crystals. When the plants quit blooming, I stopped feeding–fearing that I had over-fed them. I’ve considered the possibility of late frosts, but I have seven other hydrangeas nearby that continue to bloom profusely. They are not getting “nipped” by frost. I do not fertilize the yard in this area. Any thoughts about possible causes–too much feeding in past years? Too much aluminum? Other? Any thoughts about how to make them start blooming again? Many thanks for your ideas.
Hi. I don’t believe the afternoon shade has changed significantly. The trees are very mature, tall, and distant from the hydrangeas. I had the trees professionally thinned several years ago–selectively removing about 40% of the crown of each tree. This opened up the crowns quite a bit, but they still cast a nice pattern of open shade and dappled light which moves across the lawn during the afternoon. They are hard maples, growing in a lower front lawn. The hydrangeas are atop a terrace which rises above a retaining wall. I’d guess the trees are about 35-40 feet distant. Yes, I prune the hydrangeas in the spring after carefully observing which buds are opening on the old canes. Typically the lower buds leaf out well and the upper buds don’t. I clip ABOVE fully opened buds. I get good new canes from the root crowns each year, too. In the past, I’ve had a heavy first bloom and a dependable repeat bloom. Then a very light third bloom in late September–early October. I’ve had only two blossoms on one of these plants, and NO blooms on the others, for about four years.
I live in zone 4 and have just planted an ES Hydrangea in the ground. My question concerns winter protection. It is planted close to and on the north side of the house. During the winter, there is often an accumulation of snow that has turned to ice in that or close to that spot. This snow/ice accumulation disappears some time after the snow elsewhere on the property. Is tying the stems, mulching and/or a burlap wrap sufficient protection?
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I live in NH and have a ton of deer in my yard. I have lots of lilacs and just planted an ES hydrangea. My question is will the deer eat this?? They have never touched my lilac’s in the past but my husband bought me a red one, and they keep eating it!
Thanks,
Laura
A few of the leaves of my newly planted ES were frostbitten last night (hopefully this is the last groundfrost event of the season). Should I cut the leaves off or let them fall off on their own?
Thanks
I have 4 Endless Summer Hydrangeas. They are planted along a fence, they get sun and shade. They were planted on Mother’s Day. All did well until a few days ago. I did spray some weed kiler on some poison ivy and I thought I ws careful not to get the spray on the Hydrangeas. Three are doing well, but one (the one that was closest to the Poison Ivy) has drooping leaves, still green, no spots, just drooping, it even has a bloom starting on it with no signs of dying. I watered it thinking that it may not have enough water because it is planted where the ground starts to slope downward. It is slightly under a limb of a Dogwood Tree but still seems to get good sun. Can anyone provide some tips for me to try and see if I can bring this plant back?
Just a note. It rained Friday night and the droopy hydrangea looks great. I guess it just needed more water than I was giving it.
My Hydrangea shows no signs of rejuvenating! All the stems are green when I lightly scratched them, yet there are no new shoots/buds. The older buds are still brown & I am beginning to despair at ever seeing my plant in bloom! Temperatures here in Mississauga, Ontario are around 18C during the day & 9C at night. It gets morning & evening sunlight for about 45mins to an hour every day, with plenty of rain in the past couple of weeks. I have also fertilised the pot every 2-3wks in the past 2mths after repotting in fresh soil. Please HELP! What else should I be doing to get my plant thriving??
Transplant shock
Hello,
I planted 3 Hydrangea plants 5 days ago and one of the plants is starting to wilt. The plants have gotten plenty of sun and water. Zone 5, and weather is about 65 to 70 degrees. The plant started wilting today and got worse as the day went on. Is there anything I can do to save it?
Please help!
Hi,
I recently moved to a place where I have three lovely Hydrangas growing on the east side of my home. They are lovely, productive; and, my landlord tells me the plants have never looked “so good” with other tenants. Problem: the blossoms of one of the plants are turning brown. The color and blossoms are large(or small), full bodied and amonst the beautiful color…the blossoms are turning brown. I thoroughly water every other day…when the weather is rather warm…3-4 days, depending on the weather. I live in the Sacramento Valley; and can only find information on leaves tuning brown. Suggestions? Thanks,
I have 3 endless summer hydrangeas and none of them really get any flowers on them. This year one of them got a lot of buds on it but the flowers never bloomed. Any suggestions on what I can do to get flowers on my hydrangeas? I’m not even worried about the color, I just want some flowers. Thanks.
I bought 2 endless summer hydrangeas at the beginning of July that were full of pink blooms. I know that July isn’t the best time for transplanting, but neede d to do so because of the long stretch of time that I would be at home to water them. The blooms have lost their color and have turned dark. The leaves and stems seem to be fine.
Is this because of the transplanting? Should I deadhead the blooms? Will new blooms come before the end of the season? Thanks for your advice!
My endless summer hydrangeas are 4 years old and healthy with lots of large blooms. However, they have grown far larger than anticipated and I’d like to move to a larger/open spot. Can they be moved? If so, when is the best time to move in order to avoid shock to root system? Spring, fall?
I live in Southern Ontario and planted an Endless Summer hydrangea in the spring. It was absolutely beautiful and seemed healthy until one day last week. I came into the garden and the leaves and flowers were lying wilted on the ground. I assumed it needed water which I gave it but now the majority of the plant is brown and wilted. Has it died or will it come back?
ES hydrangea growing pains
I planted 2 endless summer hydrangeas this summer. 2 weeks after planting, one had the back half of the leaves wilt and brown, I plucked off the leaves and have been keeping a careful eye on it. I did notice some spider mites and sprayed for them. The plant still has some bloom starts and has new growth that looks good. Well, over a month later my other hydrangea has done the same thing (still has a pretty bloom and a good number of starts), only the leaves are wilting all over it. Is it shock? fungus? over watering? or something else? When I bought them they had a rust color on some of the older leaves, but the new leaves were nice and green…
I water every 3 days or so, soaking at the base.
I used a root-stimulator when I planted them, but now that it is August and the weather is cooler I’ve been hesitant to use it again.
I live in zone 4, they do get some afternoon sun, probably 2 hours or so and they get some morning sun as well.
Pruning
I live in southern Rhode Island and have 3 thriving “endless summers” that are growing faster than I anticipated. All have huge blue flowers that fade to a lavendar color after several weeks. They are 3 years old and at least 4 ft high. A number of the stems now droop with very large flowers at their ends. I would like to cut them back , but I am afraid of doing harm. Can I cut the stems back at least a foot in the spring and help shape the plant without damaging or killing? Also should I add acidity to the soil to prolong the blue color of the flowers or is this normal.
(date: 10/22/09)
My endless summer’s blooms have turned rusty, small and there are brown spots on the leaves. I’ve seen the comments on brown spots but not any on the blooms losing color and turning rusty.
Hi Brenda
Have the blooms been around for a while?
E.S. hydrangea not blooming
I live in Upstate SC and purchased 2 endless summer hydrangeas in 2006. The plants grow back pretty each year, but have never bloomed. The plants receive morning sun and afternoon shade. What am I doing wrong?
Winter protection
i live in central michigan, and have grown rhododendrons, azaleas and hydrangeas for many years. i use 2×2 stakes a foot or so taller than the various plants at each corner, then staple weed fabric block (black) to the stakes. this keeps the dessicating westerly winds from drying out the plants in the cold michigan winter. specifically for my all summer beauty hydrangeas, i leave the protection on the plant until all danger of frost is past. i also add a top cover of the same material which i staple across the top of the plant any time the temperature gets down to frost levels. this top cover does a very good job of protecting the new growth and flower buds from frost-kill. when the days and nights are nice enough i just leave the top cover off. my hydrangeas get a great head start this way. once weather stabilises in the spring i take down the frame and store for next winter.
I have an endless summer hydrangea and it’s in a large pot. It started blooming this spring and I added Dr. Iron to it so that the blooms would be more blue. Lately, it has been wilting a lot. I don’t know if it’s the iron, the heat or if it’s root bound. We water it every morning, but it stays wilted most of the day. It also has flowers all over it, but they are not really getting larger. I’m not sure if I should transplant it or what to do.
Transplant hydrangea
I live in Eastern MA and about 4 weeks ago I transplanted 2 large hydrangea bushes from my mother’s house in NJ. They are approximately 10 years old but I don’t know the specific variety (large leaves and big round purple flowers). They were thriving in NJ but because of overcrowding my mother decided to thin her garden and offered us the hydrangeas. The bushes were out of the ground for about 6 hours (the roots were kept moist)but we planted them as soon as we arrived home. They r
eceive a few hours of morning sun and a few hours of afternoon sun (a large tree at the other end of our yard shades them during the hottest part of the day) and we watered them plenty. However, both bushes wilted and all of the blooms shriveled up. They look dead but I hope they will come back next year as there is still green growth sprouting. Can I cut back all of the stems now and just hope for rebirth next year? And at what point on the stem should I cut them? Also, what can I do to help these beautiful bushes come back healthier next year?
Transplant shock
I live in Ontario and I just bought an endless summer hydrangea for my front yard. I planted it yesterday with lots of good quality soil and compost. I fertilized and mulched it and yet the plant is heavily wilting. The flowers, stems and leaves have all drooped in less than 24 hours. I don’t have any shady spots in the front or backyard and I was told by the seller than full sun would be okay. What should I do other than water it?
Transplant shock
I live in California and I planted my pink hydrangea several months ago. Was doing really well, so I planted another one next to it. The leaves are very thick, and dark green in color and the one that I planted last the leaves are drying up and look crispy brown on the edges. What’s wrong?
I live in Cleveland Ohio and have 5 beatiful endless summer with blooms everywhere planted on the south side of our house in the front yard (about 10′ from home. These were in the same bed as two large trees which had to be removed 10 days ago due to a storm (the trees were pretty thin and dying anyway). My concern is that we are starting into the heat of the summer and now these plants are going from all day partial shade to partial shade in the morning and almost 3-5 hours of full sun in the afternoon. I will certainly water them but am I better off trying to move them now or wait until later in the fall or next spring? They seem to be doing fine so far. Thanks again for the great advice
The information on this page is very informative!
I have a similar issue to a recent post. I transplanted my roughly 15 year old Nikko from the back yard to the front at exactly the same point of my yard with very similar weatherlike protection and plants. Same lighting obv different soil. Unfortuneately I did this in the past few weeks, as a different front plant was removed and we needed to replace it. Of course my hydrangea is now in shock but severely?! The leaves are still green on the lower edges but mostly wilted on some parts and yes brown crunchy in others. At the top of the stems the plant is bent over with about 3″ overhang that just droops right down and has little life (when you touch the stem it is firm until the overhang then the 3″ is pretty much limp). My question is do I prune it at or around the bend of the stem? Closer to the base to stimulate new growth? Or none of the above as it’s late June and I’ve probably killed it?
When it was in the backyard I never had any problems with it it was very happy there. It’s a very beautiful bush and I would love to revive it, I’m just not sure if there’s any hope for it now.
P.S. I did put bonemeal in with the dirt when first transplanted, unfortunately it didn’t get root fertilizer until this past week. It has been almost three weeks since transplanting.
Any suggestions are greatly appreciated
Too much sun
I have two endless summer hydrangea bushes planted, which gets southern sun all day long. I water them all the time as they tend to wilt with the extreme heat. I have had these plants 3 years, so their blooms are plentiful. However, I was thinking of transplanting them to location with less sun to eleviate this problem. I live in southern Jersey, so the summers can be very hot & humid. Your thoughts: Will these plants continue to be water hogs if I keep them in current location? Or should I move them to spot w/less sun?
powdery mildew/botrytis
I have four blue endless summers and they are absolitely beautiful! have had them 4/5 years and they bloomed this summer a solid bank of blue then suddenly it looked like it had frosted on them. the tops and edges of most of the blooms turned browwn. thet are dying and the plants are coming back out and are in the process of being full of blooms again. was it the horrific heat so soon on the new flowers the problem?
Limp hydrangea
I planted my endless summer hydrangea in sept.2006.no matter how much i water it it goes limp very quickly. I have plenty of blooms on it and it is next to a blushing bride hydrangea that is doing great. help! thanks
Color change
Hello,
I’m new to gardening. I recently purchased two pots of Blue Endless Summer Hydrangeas from the local farm. They were in pots for 2 weeks mostly in shade. I watered them everyday and they were fine. In the third week, I had the landscaper plant them in the front of the house facing East. I don’t know how to test the pH level of the soil but our soil is also covered with decorative brown stones. The landscaper dug a deep hole and planted the pots. We live in Central NJ and I believe it’s zone 6. The problem I’m now facing is that the flowers are not bright blue as they were in pots – they have turned to somewhat pinkish to dull color. Most of the leaves and flowers have turned brown at different spots. If I remove browned flowers (I did remove some), then there will hardly be any flowers left. The landscaper is good at grass cutting but doesn’t have much experience with flowers so now I’m in a limbo as to how to take care of this expensive variety. Please help ! I can also put up a picture if your website allows to upload pics. Thanks !
Hello,
I have an endless summer in a sunny location and I want to move it to a shady spot, and I purchased an incrediball hydrangea to plant in it’s place. I have been reading about incrediball for a year so when I saw it at my local nursery I snapped it up. I know I shouldn’t move the endless summer until fall when it goes dormant however since I jumped the gun on the incrediball will it be ok in the pot until fall? Or should I risk moving the endless summer to the shadier location and plant the incrediball? Thanks so much for your help.
Sure will, I could loose both plants in this heat. Just finished watering my endless summer which is suffering in this 104 degree heat, I’m in PA zone 6
hopefully, the weather will cool down.
Too much sun
I forgot to mention that my endless summer has been in the ground for 3 years and it get sun from AM to about 4pm in it’s current location. Because it gets too much sun it’s growth is stunted in comparison to my other endless summer hydrangeas ( I have 2 planted in morning sun and afternoon shade that are doing great).
Root Hydrangea cuttings
How can I root the endless summer to get more plants instead of buying new each year?
Not blooming
I have a question regarding my Endless Summer Hydrangea. I left a post on here last year too. Anyway, I planted my hydrangea last year and it had plenty of blooms on it then. Granted they eventually started turning brown on me but it still had blooms. Now, this year so far, it has no blooms what so ever. It has plenty of nice green leaves on it and it grew to 2-3 times the size it was last year. Just no blooms on it. I did some very very minor trimming of it early spring. My Mom has a ES Hydrangea and I THINK she planted it the same year as I did. I seen hers just last month and hers had blooms on it already. Hers is planted at the corner of her house in the back yard. Mine is planted in my back yard near the edge of my property. Mine has other flowers planted around it and some of them have grown very tall. I think its getting a little more shade then it did last year from the surrounding flowers but is still getting plenty of sun. I’ve been waiting patiently for it to flower but starting to fear that I may not see blooms at all this year. I have not given it any kind of fertilizer or anything this year. Just water when it needs it. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks much.
I did fertilize my yard back in May. So there is a chance that some of that fertilizer found its way into my flower bed and accidentally fed my hydrangea. I guess I will just wait and see what happens this year. If I don’t get any blooms this year, then hopefully next year. Thanks.