I had a lovely blue hydrangea that I got out of the pitiful sale pile last year. I stuck it in a large pot, it died off over the fall, and I left it in the pot and flipped the pot over so it wouldn't crack. I dumped off the dirt in a pile and used the pot for something else last week.

I came home this morning and noticed a bunch of shoots coming out of that pile of dirt. Is it possible that the hydrangea plant is coming back???

It was on top of the ground and it was below zero for many days last winter. I never expected it to survive since it was a runt to begin with or I would have covered it with leaves or something before winter and NOT dumped the pot. I may have to do a hydrangea rescue!

I love blue hydrangeas. They remind me of my grandmother's old homeplace in NC. I was worried that if I bought some they wouldn't survive in my backyard. If they can survive a Maine winter I think they can survive a Georgia summer!! Now.....I think I'll give it a try!!

Why I never rip anything out, throw anything away or plant over until I know for sure what that is, coming up. You just never know what will live.

It really would not surprise me if the hydrangea made it.

I say save it!!!

Wonderful blooming news!!!

Peace,
David

Plants never cease to amaze me.

When the city dug up our front garden last spring, I had to remove a whole bunch of Saponaria rock garden plant. Most of it died and a little bit survived in the corner, when I rebuilt that garden. This spring? It moved up under the ground all the way to the sidewalk...10+ feet of it...and it all bloomed! Who would of thought ?
Here is a pic of one small corner of it...the purple little flowers:
If you look in my profile album I have pics of the dug up area. Pretty bleak. Picture #32 on page 2-- lower right hand corner.

I thought it was surely goners!