Hydrangeas

I've grown to love hydrangeas. I've three in pots doing well this year. Two bought from reject shelf and resuscitated and an Annabelle given for my birthday a couple of years ago.

My one hydrangea is spindly with a few large flowers, the other us thick, green and bushy, only two large blooms. I remember giving them a prune in the last two years but can't not when. Should I just leave the bushy one this year and prune the spindly one really hard to encourage growth? Thankyou.

Gilly, they are beautiful.

annodomini, I don't know if there is a Lidl near you, but I bought two small hydrangeas in pots there, for £1.99 each at the beginning of the summer.
I forgot to water them for a few days and they started to die off. .
However, I managed to recue and repot them and they are growing like nothing on earth, with beautiful pink flowers.
My other hydrangeas are blue and purple, so this is an added bonus.

I enjoy having flowers in the house and the make beautiful cut flowers.

Oooop sorry they’re back !

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Where did my photos disappear too ?

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A selection of my favourite Hydrangeas . The purple one in the pot is as a result of manipulating the ph of the soil it’s planted in, otherwise it would be pink like the others. I live very close to the coast and think the sea air must suit them.

Sparklefiz
That's beautiful.
I can't seem to grow them. They get to about 2ft with a few flowers then the next year either no flowers or dead.

They need plenty of water , mine get any tea left in the pot , cold of course !

annep1 Do you feed your hydrangea and water it regularly? I give mine Miraclegro every spring and plenty of water, but the weather conditions also make a difference. One of mine has gone completely bonkers this year with huge mop heads like dinner plates, and has grown about 2 feet since last year.

We have lots of hydrangeas. One I inherited from my mother. It was lovely in her garden as she religiously emptied the washing up water over it. I think hydrangeas like a lot of water. Also we have the soil that turns them blue .

Well good luck. Mine never blooms as well as my neighbours, much to my annoyance. I don't know why. I wait eagerly each year hoping mine will win! But no. Maybe next year....