Hydrangea vanilla fraise

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  1. bmk

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    Planted small 3ft one last year, only had 5 flowering heads. Should these be deadheaded before starts growing again? Don't know if I should leave it alone, read somewhere not to prune until 2-3 yrs???
     
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      I would leave it to establish itself in the soil, bmk. I would tidy it up now by taking off the old flowering heads and any dead wood but that's all. Give it a feed and then let it get on putting it's roots down even more and making new wood.:coffee::snork:
       
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        5FB8FDD3-0990-4484-B804-248C27D09716.jpeg I’m just about to plant one of these. Am I right in thinking that I should use ericaceous compost? The label suggests John innis 3. I was under the impression that they preferred ericaceous.?
         
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        Jools, no to ericaceous compost. :) Only lacecaps and mop heads with blue flowers need ericaceous soil.

        Do you intend to plant it in a container? If so, John innes 3 plus a handful of dried manure/chicken pellets, some grit and fish blood and bone will serve it well.:) A mulch too. You will need a large container to grow it satisfactorily but........

        This is a paniculata variety....I know it says so on the label.....and has a lot of vigour in it. Far better in the ground. Here my P. Limelight ( basically very similar) is pruned in early spring to 30 to 50 cm from the base and it grows to 150 cm plus ...flowering now :) It produces a big root system that is both thirsty and hungry......for decent size flowers your hydrangea needs plenty of water on a regular basis

        These paniculata hydrangeas are magnificent shrubs....they have the potential to form small tree size!.....and a good, fertile spot in the garden will reward you well!:)

        These are unlike other hydrangeas that are often seen in containers. There are better plants for containers:)
         
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          Hi @Verdun Thanks so much for your very informative reply.
          For the short term it is going in a pot (large one) as I’m yet to re-structure the one border. It will be in the ground hopefully next year.
           
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            Excellent jools :)
             
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