Limelight Hydrangea Tree Pruning Update: 2 weeks and 6 weeks after pruning!
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- Опубліковано 22 сер 2024
- It’s time for a Limelight Hydrangea Tree Pruning Update! In this video, I’ll show you how the tree looked just 2 weeks after pruning as well as 6 weeks after pruning.
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Awesome video Laura! Very educational for everyone who is still unsure about pruning LL hydrangeas! 💚🪴🙏
Thanks so much Tracy! Hopefully this puts some pruning fears to rest. 🙂
The stem are fascinating. It is so thick.
I know -- I can't get over how quickly they grow!
Such great detail and information! Ty so much. My first couple of years of having a little lime and a Pee Gee Grandiflora I did not prune them like I should have and it showed. Thankfully I realized something was wrong and have corrected them... they're looking much better and much stronger
You’re very welcome! Glad to hear yours are doing great, as I’m looking forward to a much better tree this year, without the worries of being too top heavy. I have to remind myself bigger isn’t always better!
@@GardenSanity That's one of my main downfalls... bigger is not always better. It's hard to keep that in mind
And I’ve got a pattern of this: my Dappled Willow, the LL tree… sigh. 🙂🤔
@@GardenSanity awww
All the info we could need
Love to see new groth👍❤️
I’m going to have to get one of those
If you do, just don’t make my mistake of letting it get too top heavy. 😬
I love your video
So nice
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At what point do you give up on branches and assume they’re dead? I’m in CT and my old wood-blooming hydrangeas have some branches that are doing nothing. Tired of looking at sticks. Also, my endless summer hydrangeas have plenty of new growth with buds and absolutely nothing from the old sticks. What’s up with that?
Good question Will! I have it a bit easier with my hydrangeas. All of mine -- the Little Limes, Pinky Winky and this Limelight Hydrangea Tree -- are all Paniculata Hydrangeas, which means they all bloom on new wood. I don't have to worry about buds on old stems like with the Endless Summer or other hydrangeas that bloom on old wood stems. (Endless Summer blooms on both old and new stems.) I'd suggest waiting it out, and in the Summer, once you can definitely tell there are stems with nothing on them at all, go ahead and prune those out. It can be tricky. Here is a good article by a blogging friend of mine that may help you: www.kellyelko.com/winter-kill-hydrangeas-care/
Thank you so much for your videos- they have convinced me to get a Hydrangea tree- they are so beautiful! I got the tree two days ago and I admit
I must have misunderstood the description though because the plant arrived qute tall andI can't plant it where I planned to... I wonder if you have any advice on how to make it shorter, if that's possible at all?
If it was a shrub, I could wait it out until early spring and easily cut it down, basically to the ground and it would push new growth...So does that logic also apply to the tree forms paniculata? If I pruned the main stem let's say half back, would that work in a similar way?
I also considered is taking a cutting in July and planting it as a separate plant. This may be just insane, but if I cut the entire 'crown' would that root? And what happens to the main stem then, will it push new growth this season or next? I've seen people being successful with planting large broken/ damaged branches of older paniculatas - this seemed a way of salvaging them.
The main stem seeems quite young, not really woody, and is relatively flexible . So I wondered, can I notch the main stem at lower heights to wake up dormant buds (like with roses) and bring the crown down? Does that work with hydrangea?
Any advice would be very helpful!
Sedning best wishes from Scotland!
Hi Marta! Although you've come up with several ideas -- and I appreciate your thoughts on possible solutions -- unfortunately, cutting down the tree's main trunk is not a good idea. Some hydrangea trees are "grafted" which means your tree may have been "attached" to another form, therefore you don't want to cut the grafted part off accidentally. (It is found usually toward the bottom of the tree, and sometimes not easy to spot.) Secondly, although people can grow "new" hydrangeas from cuttings -- and by all means it is worth a try -- I feel like if it was me?
I'd return the tree for a refund and use that money to purchase a shrub version of paniculata hydrangea. I'm guessing that maybe you can't return it, and that's where all of the possible ideas come from? 🤔
Surprised that the tree stem isn't really woody -- yet you mentioned that the tree is already very tall. Actually very surprised. But...if it isn't woody, you "could" try and cut it lower and see what it does. Or take some cuttings and try planting those to give yourself some new shrubs. If this is a way to salvage the tree, these options may be your best bet.
Just know that over time that "small" tree will grow taller, and you'll be spending a lot of time pruning it back and trying to make it fit. 🌳 Perhaps measure the space -- both width and height -- of your available space for such a hydrangea shrub, and then decide which type of paniculata hydrangea might be best for your space.
I feel for you, because there's nothing more frustrating that having a plant that you're not sure what to do with, especially if it won't fit where you wanted it to. I hope this helped, at least a little bit. 🙂
Hello. I am from NJ as well, when do you expect the flowers to bloom? Thanks.
Hello to a fellow New Jersey gardener, Mary! Usually, I start seeing flower buds forming in the beginning of July on my Limelight Hydrangea Tree. Sometimes as early as the last week in June. The blooming will kick in by mid-July and then carry on well into the Fall for us here in New Jersey! I hope this helps!
@@GardenSanity Thank you very much!!!
@@anaandbellasmom You're very welcome Mary!
Thank you for your wonderful videos. I have a question for you. I have 3 Lime Lights that are planted next to a large blank east/southeast facing wall. They are about 7 years old. I planted them not expecting they would become monster sized. I prune them back quite severely every year but they end up close to 10 feet tall. They have multiple large stems (around 3 inch diameter)coming from the base of the plant. My question is it too late to tree form them? Each one has one stem that I could stake to be upright. If I take off the other large stems, will I have created myself a bigger problem by encouraging new growth to come up from the ground that would become a bigger problem?
Hi Nancy, you can definitely train your Limelight Hydrangeas into tree forms! And my UA-cam friend Tracy from @Tracy'sHome&Garden has the perfect video for you on how to do this! Here's the link to her UA-cam video and I hope this helps you! ua-cam.com/video/jGDjr2OrS_0/v-deo.html Please keep me posted on your progress! 🌱❤️
Great vid! I also plant a limelight tree this year in my garden, but it is still small. Do you know how fast will it grow each year?
A mature Limelight Hydrangea Tree can reach anywhere between 8 to 15 feet tall, and approximately 8 to 10 feet wide when in bloom. The growth rate is considered medium. Our tree you see in the video grew in size from 5 feet to 10 feet tall over 7 years. I hope this helps you Egis!
@@GardenSanity appreciated!
I want to prune But I don’t see green buds yet. Should I wait? In Indianapolis
Hi Kim, can you see where the buds are forming? Even if you don't see green, but can see where the buds are forming, you can prune. Knowing where the buds are going to be really helps with making the right cuts. I hope this helps?
@@GardenSanity yes that helps I do see nodules, I need to cut them & butterfly bush Ms.Molly. Thank you so much. I love your videos they are so appreciated!
@@kimmie1957 😊
@@GardenSanitywhat about pruning the flowers so they’re not so droopy? We just planted one about a month ago and it was decently sized but the first storm hit and almost all the branches went to the ground. Do I wait until winter to prune or or do I prune the flowers off? I tried tying them up but that didn’t work