Hi, Im a first timer here, you have loads of great info, thanks for sharing.

Im a novice gardener, we moved from a place with a 100 year old formal turned cottage garden to a place with just one gum tree on a 1/4 acre block! Im making a dent in the weedy lawn now but I have a problem....

I planted a climbing hydrangea today, and now I think it may be a mistake...

I received 3 of them for my birthday, they are only very small, the biggest/longest is only 10'long.

I put 2 in 1o inch pots, and put one in the ground.

I planted it in front of a side section of the house, the house is weatherboard on brick pillars, and has a brick wall all around the base. The plant is 2 feet from the wall as the bricks are set in a cement foundation, it sticks out almost 1 foot from the base of the brick wall.

I was hoping to cover this wall, but am now worried about damaging the timber weatherboards.

Is it possible to train this plant to just cover the brick work? The brick work is aprox 14 feet wide & 3-4 feet high?

Or should I remove it immediately & pot it up until I can build that pergola Im hoping to get done this summer?