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Small green flies boring into hydrangea stems! Help!

13 years ago

Hello,

As I am watching things start to leaf out, I noticed that one of my hydrangeas (bought last year - 5 gallon size!, leafed but did not bloom) has little holes at the ends burrowing down the center. I saw a fly back up out of it. I then attacked the bush with spectracide - but have a feeling that my bush is doomed! I drowned each hole with spectracide, and the flies (1-2 per stem) started to back out of the hole. I'm not even sure what kind of hydrangea it is, but think it is a blue/pink one. I checked my varigated ones and they have 1-2 holes but otherwise are leafing ok.

Does anyone know what this is?

Anna