You have a good crop! Enjoy and thanks for sharing!

where do you overwinter the pot?..

I had a couple in pots that I kept in my shed for the winter..the shed is wood and built on the back of my garage..they bloomed but the spring routine was tedious so I planted them outside..

we'd have a nice spring day..I'd put them out..then the forecast said frost..I'd put them in the garage..in and out in and out..

yours is beautiful..

Thanks for sharing. I'm growing Macs in pots this year and your pics give me confidence. Many homes in my development have huge macs that do really well. I think these are much older and probably original to the development (30 years old). Perhaps hydrangeas were much hardier then? I can't grow macs in the front yard because sun is brutal, but I am determined that my fence line in the back yard will hydrangea lane.

Very nice, thanks for the pix. How big is the pot?

tj

the pot is about 18 inches tall and wide. We have late spring frosts that tend to zap the developing buds and the soil pH is alkaline. The nice thing about pots is I can move them around as needed and protect from excess sun in the middle of summer. For parties, I can put them on the patio after the sun goes behind the trees and we can enjoy them for a few hours. I do the in-and out dance all spring by putting the plant outdoors for a nice spring soaking and inside when it gets cold. In the winter it gets watered with a handful of snow in the pot every now and then. We are fortunate to have windows in our heated garage and when it starts to grow, I move it in front of the window on a large metal storage shelf. I add a few handfuls of aluminum sulfate every now and then to help lower pH since I like blue flowers.

I knew it!..lots of hard work to grow a mac in a pot in a cold climate..glad yours was a success!..