101. Timber Press: Excerpt From Encyclopedia Of Hydrangeas In the middle of the 20th century almost all hydrangeas for garden use were grownin the open field. It was only toward the end of the century that http://www.timberpress.com/books/excerpt/0-88192-622-1

Timber Press is a Portland, Oregon, publisher of books about gardening, horticulture, botany, natural history, and the Pacific Northwest. Book title Author name An excerpt from: Encyclopedia of Hydrangeas Go to the main page for this book Almost all hydrangeas are easy to propagate by softwood cuttings. A greenhouse is not needed for most cuttings of Hydrangea macrophylla and H. serrata , although putting the cuttings under glass speeds up the rooting process. Softwood cuttings are usually taken in midsummer, July to August, but the best time can vary with local circumstances. It is important that the shoots have stopped growing and started to ripen off a little, but they should not have turned brown and woody yet. In general, hydrangeas are easy to root, and cuttings with two pairs of buds give the best results. The pair at the bottom of the cutting is inserted in the rooting medium, while the higher pair with two leaves is left exposed. If the leaves are large, they should be pruned to half the blade. This practice helps to decrease the respiration of the cuttings. Single cuttings are usually inserted in 7-cm (ca. 3-inch) pots or in trays with prefabricated little pots. Well-rooted cuttings can be potted in 3-liter (ca. 0.5 gallon) pots in March, and these usually grow into plants with two to three branches and few flowers. For a good display of flowers, the cuttings need to grow another year. Weak cuttings are potted in 9-cm (ca. 4-inch) pots and left in the frame or greenhouse. It is possible to start cuttings in the open field instead of pots, again depending on the climate. In the middle of the 20th century almost all hydrangeas for garden use were grown in the open field. It was only toward the end of the century that pot-grown plants took over.

102. HoustonChronicle.com - Tackle A Dappled Garden With Shade-loving Plants hydrangeas. Some days I dream of an entire garden of hydrangeas. Gaudy pink andblue mopheads. Dainty lacecaps. Bold, handsome oakleafs with huge http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/features/huber/2458062

HoustonChronicle.com Pick a section Home Page Business Classifieds Columnists Comics Community Directory Entertainment Features Health Help Inside Story Marketplace Metropolitan Page 1 News Search Archives Site Map Space Sports Travel Weather Section: Kathy Huber: Gardening Section: Gardens Current stories in Kathy Huber: Gardening: Huber: Feed the soil first; it'll feed your plants Huber: Soil fungi may look bad, but most are harmless ... E-mail this story March 19, 2004, 10:15PM Tackle a dappled garden with shade-loving plants By KATHY HUBER Houston Chronicle Garden Editor MADE IN THE SHADE Broadly defined, shade is a place in the garden that receives no direct sun rays. But we often speak in degrees of shade: Bright or open shade : Areas that don't receive direct rays but have good indirect light such as that in a northern exposure. Full shade : No direct rays and less available indirect light. Partial shade : Areas that receive a combination of direct sun and indirect light during the course of a day, either intermittently or in blocks, such as morning sun and afternoon shade. Filtered or dappled shade : Light such as that beneath a pine or large-leaf tree.

103. My Garden Guide - Daily Dirt Where do I go when I want the best information on hydrangeas? I reach for Michael A.Dirr s new book, hydrangeas for American Gardens, the only hydrangea http://mygardenguide.com/blog/index.php?id=723

104. North Coast Journal - April 3, 2003: IN THE GARDEN And for heaven s sake, move your hydrangeas to the back yard. Email garden-relatedannouncements and news to Amy Stewart. http://www.northcoastjournal.com/040303/garden0403.html

IN THE NEWS COVER STORY GOOD NEWS EDITORIALS ... CALENDAR A horticultural crime wave by AMY STEWART ALL RIGHT, EVERYONE. THIS IS MY THIRD and last column on flower theft. Many of you are probably growing tired of the topic and wish I would move on. And I will, I swear. But there have been some new developments I feel I must report. First, more anecdotes from readers. A Eureka gardener made the big mistake of planting an apple tree in the front yard. Now, if a kid takes an apple from your tree, it's hard to object. What a wholesome crime. You're glad they're not taking your VCR and you look the other way when an apple goes missing now and then. At least, that's the approach this gardener took until two neighbors adults, not children passed her on the sidewalk one day and said, "We sure have been enjoying the apples from your tree." She was so astonished she didn't know what to say. Never in the history of garden theft had such a glib confession been made. Several gardeners wrote to say that they had caught people in the act of digging up plants and confronted them. The thieves usually ran off. One woman even reported that a friend once ran down the street with a gun in her hand, chasing after a flower thief. (There may be more to that story, but I didn't press for details. After all, there's a war on; I think we could all use a little peace here at home.)

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