Comments on: How To Grow Limelight Hydrangea

By: Pam Kessler

Pam Kessler — Tue, 10 Oct 2023 01:37:21 +0000

In reply to Becky. Welcome! Glad you found me. I've been searching for my twin :)

By: Becky

Becky — Mon, 09 Oct 2023 22:51:49 +0000

Hello! I just came across your site and was hooked! I love Hydrangeas, but was especially captivated by your humor! It's just like mine. I think we may be sisters separated at birth. We should start a club! No membership dues though.

By: Nikki

Nikki — Sun, 08 Sep 2019 18:30:25 +0000

They are such beautiful plants. I found a great article on how to prune a limelight hydrangea into a tree!

By: Pam

Pam — Wed, 15 Aug 2018 12:31:25 +0000

In reply to Tammy Woychowski. I do not have a limelight hydrangea tree myself, so I looked around a bit and found this article for you that discusses that exact problem. I know with my limelight bushes they get quite floppy after a rain and that is due to the thin newer branches. A couple people on that site are saying they just leave the trees alone and don't prune them at all and that creates thicker stronger branches in future years. There's also a YouTube video listed in the 1st comment on that article that show you how to prune them (his is a different variety, but still a hydrangea paniculata). I was debating buying a limelight tree myself this year, so I might have to run out and get one just to see how it does!

By: Tammy Woychowski

Tammy Woychowski — Sat, 11 Aug 2018 20:13:01 +0000

My limelight hydrangea tree blooms beautifully but then when it rains, the blooms get weighted down and the whole thing droops :(. So we have to cut the blooms off because it’s so heavy and doesn’t look nice at all. I feel terrible because we picked it to be a center piece in one of our front gardens. Any suggestions? Cutting it back seems to be the only solution but then we don’t get to enjoy the whole tree for the season. I feel like it really wasn’t meant to be a tree!

By: Linda

Linda — Tue, 29 May 2018 18:15:34 +0000

I have a limelight hydrangea. The blooms ate beautiful. I also have one with pink blooms and one with purple blooms. I love them. I will bjy a Strawberry-vanilla. One. Just have to find room as i have lots of flowers.

By: Pam

Pam — Sun, 24 Apr 2016 11:46:33 +0000

In reply to Ginga Ellis. I had not heard of those yet!!! I'll check them out!

By: Ginga Ellis

Ginga Ellis — Sat, 23 Apr 2016 20:50:41 +0000

I absolutely LOVE limelight hydrangeas! But for those who don't need a 6-8 foot plant in their flowerbed, there is also a Little Limelight version that look spectacular in groupings. This is what I chose for my front slope area. Can't wait to see them bloom! Happy Gardening ya'll!

By: Pam

Pam — Thu, 21 Apr 2016 00:55:50 +0000

In reply to c jones. Yes, you can grow them in containers. Just make sure to give them adequate water and fertilize them in the summer.

By: c jones

c jones — Mon, 18 Apr 2016 09:51:30 +0000

How do they do in containers? I will be moving in 1 - 2 years and I dont want to dig them up.