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Hydrangea or weed disguising itself as hydrangea?

8 years ago

I have several hydrangea in a sunless spot--so no blooms. Recently, several other plants have grown up fight next to the hydrangea but I am not sure whether they are actually hydrangea. They have woody stems but the leaves do not droop when they need water, like hydrangea leaves do. We have lots of trees, so these may be seedlings. First picture shows woody stem; second shows leaf pattern, which is similar to hydrangea leaves. How does one identify hydrangeas?



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  • 8 years ago

    Do the leaves come off the stem in pairs at opposite sides of the stem? Showing how the leaves attach tot the stem as well as the whole shrub is as Important as seeing individual leaf detail. The first photo is out of focus.

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