Newly planted trees and shrubs dying from heat waves
Sudden heat waves and intense direct sun scorch and kill newly planted trees, hedges, and hydrangeas shortly after they go into the ground. This unexpected stress prevents young plants from establishing themselves and surviving their first season.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
- 1Switching to panicle hydrangea varieties like Little Lime or Quick Fire that handle strong sun better
- 2Planting peonies, ninebark, flaming willows, rhododendrons, lilacs, or azaleas instead
In their words
Unedited, most upvoted first, each linked to the thread it came from.
“These Annabelle hydrangeas aren't making it because there's just too much direct sun. What works for a border/screen that can also have snow piled on top (from the driveway)?”source ↗
“Mine got fried during that feb heatwave we had when were they just newly planted so we're hoping our look like this by end of next year too!”source ↗
Where this came up
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