I’m a first time home buyer, and this was our first batch of perennials for our new landscaping.
We got a hydrangea tree, thought it looked beautiful.
I staked it up Saturday afternoon, and the guy at the nursery told us to soak it every 3 days, but water it every day. We did exactly that
The first picture is what it looked like Saturday.
It looks good Sunday, then Monday morning (yesterday) I look at it and it’s completely dead (second picture is from today).
What did we do wrong? The tag said it’s a full sun plant.
by devin2378
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It’s planted in about 20” of topsoil
your topsoil contain any nutrients?
looks like nute burn.
You do not want to leave the roots exposed like that. It will certainly damage/kill most of the plants, especially on a hot summer day like we are experiencing now. I don’t know what kind of hydrangeas you got but they prefer shade/part sun. Whoever said about nutrients is wrong because that type of damage would take a while to be noticeable. You need to cover the roots but do not cover the bark because it can kill the plant – give it as much water as you can for the next couple of weeks. Hydrangeas are pretty resilient but they love water!
Did your temperature drop during the night?