Pee Gee Hydrangea Grandiflora
Posted: Tue Aug 13, 2019 3:48 pm
What do I need to know about them ?
I bought three steeply discounted pots of them at the garden center after much reading. They seem like they are tough, fast growers, love lots of sun and can live for a very long time. From what I've read they can grow to be 10 - 25' tall, with a large spread.
What I need most from a hedge type planting is to block out the offending light/sign from the gas station. I am less concerned about the horrible fence since I have covered it up, but the less of it to see the better.
My intention is to plant them strategically, in a section of the yard that gets blazing south west exposure with a great deal of reflected light from the cement retaining wall. This area has been really hard on everything I planted there, including the most common variety of orange daylily which refused to bloom. Even Cosmos are struggling there. Common Milkweed and Queen Anne's Lace has done okay.
What do I need to do to help them get established and survive ?
I bought three steeply discounted pots of them at the garden center after much reading. They seem like they are tough, fast growers, love lots of sun and can live for a very long time. From what I've read they can grow to be 10 - 25' tall, with a large spread.
What I need most from a hedge type planting is to block out the offending light/sign from the gas station. I am less concerned about the horrible fence since I have covered it up, but the less of it to see the better.
My intention is to plant them strategically, in a section of the yard that gets blazing south west exposure with a great deal of reflected light from the cement retaining wall. This area has been really hard on everything I planted there, including the most common variety of orange daylily which refused to bloom. Even Cosmos are struggling there. Common Milkweed and Queen Anne's Lace has done okay.
What do I need to do to help them get established and survive ?