I should have posted this a month or more ago, but thanks to some really mild weather so far, there is still probably time to give some protection to your varieties of Hydrangea macrophylla. These would include ‘Endless Summer’, ‘Glowing Embers’, ‘Merritt Supreme’, ‘Lemon Daddy’ and several others.
By dumping a bag of mulch in the middle of the plant, you will protect some of the lower buds from the cold air, giving you a better chance of getting more and earlier flowers next summer. To the left is a picture of a young plant into which we dumped a bag of mulch back in late November.
