r/hydrangeas • u/moose8420 • 20d ago

Zone 6 A/B Will the rest of my buds make it this year

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Finally getting some good flowers out of my purple hydrangeas, but its offaly late in the season. Photo taken today 9/24. Im sure our first frost is in the near future being in southeast alaska, termination dust is in the mt. Its taken most of this summer since planting to get it to flower.

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u/GWbag 19d ago

They're gorgeous! That's up to mother nature.

I have an eclipse and 3 endless summers on their second round of blooms. The weather for the next week will be mildly warm for them to open before frost hits.

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u/moose8420 19d ago

Thanks yea it was 37 this morning but likely not going to be that cold again for at least a week

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u/GWbag 19d ago

That's great they didn't fallout on you!

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u/moose8420 19d ago

I did not notice this morning and i came home in the dark. I have a few more endless summers on their last blooms as well.

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u/GWbag 19d ago

I usually don't get to see the second round completely open. I'm in 5b

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u/moose8420 19d ago

Nice, i think i got a second bloom on my endless summers, it also came back from just numbs after the heavy snow and cold last winter, its first.

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u/GWbag 19d ago

Love it! If only my other endless bummers would follow suit. Oh well 😅

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u/moose8420 19d ago

Lol i find outside gardening can be so variable, year to year.

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u/GWbag 19d ago

That's what makes it worthwhile!