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Growing Hydrangeas on Cape Cod
Hydrangeas prefer a soil that is consistently moist, well drained and well supplemented with a good quantity of organic material such as compost or well-aged manure. They do well if shaded from the hot afternoon sun, particularly the bigleaf hydrangea, which may wilt in full sun even if the soil is moist.

Hydrangea Questions and Answers
While there are approximately 23 species of Hydrangea, only five are widely cultivated in the U.S. Japanese beetles can be controlled by spraying or dusting with the insecticide Sevin, but the problem is rarely severe enough on hydrangeas to merit the use of an insecticide.

U.S. National Arboretum: Gardens: Pest Management Tips: February
Some summer flowering shrubs will not flower as expected because their flower buds have been killed by low temperatures. Many buds froze completely late last month, so it is expected there will be many fewer flowers this summer.

U.S. National Arboretum: Research: Plant Introductions: Hydrangea macrophylla 'Nigra'
If you click on a button you will be taken to that section's list of options, equivalent to the drop-down menus. Hydrangea 'Nigra' has been in cultivation in England since the late 1800's. Following 8 years of landscape and garden evaluation in the U.S., 'Nigra' was released to the American nursery trade through cooperating growers in 1993.

Gardening Resources, Cornell University
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in Bridgeport, Connecticut

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James S Hosking Nursery & Red Barn Gift Shop
Watertown, Connecticut  (CT) 06795-2239    (30 miles away)