Hydrangea cuttings grow in my lucky pot
The hydrangeas have been in bloom for several weeks now, and are now fading. As always, they look lovely.
This year, a couple of months ago, I had cut some branches from my hydrangeas, and plopped them into a pot. No rooting powder, no additives, nothing – just branches into a small pot.
Hydrangea cuttings in my ‘lucky’ pot. From left to right: blue lace-cap hydrangea, variegated hydrangea, oak-leaf hydrangea. Photo credit: Abhijai Mathur Copyright: CC-BY-SA 3.0
Right now, this small pot has six growing hydrangeas – a bigger success than I could have ever imagined. In the pot, to the right, is an oak-leaf hydrangea, where you can see that several leaves have grown. Incredibly, next to it, you can also see flowers on another branch of the oak-leaf hydrangea!
In the middle, you can see the leaves of a variegated hydrangea. In the front, to the left, there is another variegated hydrangea, which has very few leaves, but it is alive. I had planted these two just three weeks ago.
The pot also has, on the left, a branch from a blue lace-cap hydrangea. This is growing very slowly.
My plan is to let these stay in this pot during this growing season. In November, I will move them to where I want them to grow. My idea is that they are in their desired place when the ground begins to warm up next year, and the roots establish themselves in the correct place. I will also place some more hydrangea cuttings in this ‘lucky’ pot at that time, and hope that they come alive in April!
Get Growing!
Lace-cap Hydrangea
Hydrangea macrophylla
Deciduous
How to use them: Grown them en masse as ornamentals sandwiched between evergreens for bright color in the summer garden.
Part sun
High
Moderate
Spring
Summer
6 – 9
Oakleaf Hydrangea
Hydrangea quercifolia
Deciduous
How to use them: Place them in a woodland habitat for their large summer blooms and attractive fall foliage.
Part sun
High
Moderate
Spring
Summer
6 – 9