OK, so I have a large mop head Hydrangea that has suffered a bit at the
hands of downpours. A couple of stems stand tall in the middle, but most
have been battered down to near horizontal. so the centre is very open
and, istm, vulnerable when the frosts come.

Anything I can do to get it to stand tall again? I'm a bit conccerned
that running some twine about it would cut into the stems.

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On Fri, 27 Aug 2004 13:38:29 +0100, Ian Cundell
wrote:

OK, so I have a large mop head Hydrangea that has suffered a bit at the
hands of downpours. A couple of stems stand tall in the middle, but most
have been battered down to near horizontal. so the centre is very open
and, istm, vulnerable when the frosts come.

Anything I can do to get it to stand tall again? I'm a bit conccerned
that running some twine about it would cut into the stems.

I would run some string around the outside of the bush and pull the
stems together, but not too tightly. Coarse garden string won't do any
harm, provided you tie it around each stem individually so that the
stem doesn't rub to and fro against it. The alternative is, as you
say, to run the risk of frost damage over the winter.


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