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Hydrangea

Tampa Scott

By Tampa Scott
in TROPICAL LOOKING PLANTS - Other Than Palms

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Tampa Scott Mentor

Tampa Scott

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When I lived in VA, Hydrangea was very popular garden shrub. I have not noticed them growing down here in Central FL. Is it possible to keep this plant alive down here?

PalmatierMeg Grand Master

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We had one in the backyard in Fairfax, VA when I was a kid. Either because of the soil or how my father fertilized it, it bloomed blue. The big boxes here in Cape Coral sell them as annuals and the flowers are pink. I suspect they can't survive here in SW FL because they need a long stretch of cold/freezing weather in which to go dormant.

Meg

Palms of Victory I shall wear

Cape Coral (It's Just Paradise)
Florida
Zone 10A on the Isabelle Canal
Elevation: 15 feet

I'd like to be under the sea in an octopus' garden in the shade.

Kailua_Krish Veteran

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They do well up in Ocala (9a) but not sure about how they would do where you live.

-Krishna

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Kailua, Oahu HI. Near the beach but dry!

Still have a garden in Zone 9a Inland North Central Florida (Ocala)

Tampa Scott Mentor

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We had one in the backyard in Fairfax, VA when I was a kid. Either because of the soil or how my father fertilized it, it bloomed blue. The big boxes here in Cape Coral sell them as annuals and the flowers are pink. I suspect they can't survive here in SW FL because they need a long stretch of cold/freezing weather in which to go dormant.

I guess if next winter is like this one it will be ok.

sick1166 Rising Star

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theres a new one comming out this summer for florida residents it blooms year after year and has lived and grown for the last 3 years in the test facility in south fla the one now that are blooming bloom 1 year in fla and grow but never bloom again

Al in Kona Grand Master

Al in Kona

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I see them growing in Hawaii at higher elevations - usually above 3,000 ft. Flowers are blue when grown in acidic soils, otherwise they are pink.

Hawaii Island (Big Island), leeward coast, 19 degrees N. latitude, south Kona mauka at approx. 380m (1,250 ft.) and about 1.6 km (1-mile) upslope from ocean.

 

No record of a hurricane passing over this island (yet!).  

Summer maximum rainfall - variable averaging 900-1150mm (35-45") - Perfect drainage on black volcanic rocky soil.  

Nice sunsets!

sick1166 Rising Star

sick1166

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thats true on the colors amazing

Jose Maria Proficient

Jose Maria

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I see them growing in Hawaii at higher elevations - usually above 3,000 ft. Flowers are blue when grown in acidic soils, otherwise they are pink.

The same story here in Costa Rica. You see them flowering above 1000 meters(3000 ft),and higher up even more flowers,but... in lower areas they grow, only green growth ...no more flowers...

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Tyrone Grand Master

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I see them growing in Hawaii at higher elevations - usually above 3,000 ft. Flowers are blue when grown in acidic soils, otherwise they are pink.

They're a pH test kit that you can grow. :D

Millbrook, "Kinjarling" Noongar word meaning "Place of Rain", Rainbow Coast, Western Australia 35S. Warm temperate. Csb Koeppen Climate classification. Cool nights all year round.

 

 

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