Good location for climbing hydrangea

13 years ago

The north and east sides of my yard are quite shady.
We have many mature trees.

I like the trees but they aren't individually impressive. They have been just growing here naturally for years I guess. Manitoba Maple, some kind of ash trees I think, a black willow, a Norwegian spruce. All with pretty high branches.

I was wondering if I could plant a climbing hydrangea to grow up the trunk of a tree? I bought one from the grocery today on an impulse, It is about 2.5 feet tall and blooming now.

Some of the trees have very shallow roots but others seem deeper. Would the hydrangea not like competing with the tree or could it kill a tree?

If that is not a good idea, I thought I could plant it next to our porch so it could grow up the lattice below the porch and eventually up the railings.

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luis_pr
13 years ago
You can grow them up the trunk but yes, its probably better around a tree that does not have shallow roots so the two do not compete for water and nutrients.
actuary
Original Author
13 years ago
Thanks for the tip! So I have gone ahead and planted it by what I believe is a black willow tree. It wasn't as hard to dig round as some of the other trees. I think the hydrangea will look pretty interesting there over time. But with all that soil turned up, now I think I should get some kind of ground cover around it. So it seems like it turned out to be a nice excuse to expand my gardening in general.
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gamountains
13 years ago
That's where I have mine actuary. I had a two and a half footer to start (May 2010) that had great blooms. Since it's been doing nothing but climb and climb, but no blooms. I thought maybe it was too shady but it does get dappled light amongst the trees. Probably at twenty feet now and spreading around the tree. Hopefully next year it will burst into blooms?

Maybe I can climb the tree and put a stop sign up so it would strop growing... and bloom...finally

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