Little Lime Hardy Hydrangea (Paniculata) Live Shrub, Green to Pink Flowers, 4.5 in. Quart

My husband purchased a couple of these for me for mothers day. As soon as it arrived, I stopped what I was doing and planted them. I added some extra "stuff" to help it grow and adjust. The plants stayed pretty tight (the same way it arrived) for a couple months. It has just been within the last couple weeks that we've seen it start to breach out. We have our entire garden on drip so I know it's getting enough water. In fact I actually went out and changed out the emitters because I was worried it wasn't getting enough water, but after a couple days I noticed a change so I changed the emitters back and the hydrangea recovered. I am just surprised by how long it has taken it to start growing. We planted a couple rose trees about the same time and those have grown pretty substantially as compared to these hydrangea. I gave a 4 instead of a 5 because I feel it is taking awhile to really show growth.

The plant arrived rather damaged, although it seemed well packed. It was up side down and had lost all of it's moisture. Consequently, the roots were dry. Amazon refunded me. About 1/2 was broken or crushed and I was told not to return it. I removed all broken parts and the plant looked very skimpy and unhealthy. I did plant it, however, added extra soil and "Easy Start" fertilizer and watered it well and it is actually recovering nicely but it took quite a while. At this point it has some new shoots and is growing branches. I don't expect it to flower this year but I think it will continue to grow well. I did not, btw., ask Amazon for a refund but only for advise on how to handle this matter. They elected to refund me. So I consider this a lovely freebie..

arrived kinda sad looking...doesnt look like its 1 gallon, looks like a small plant placed inside a gallon bucket. Definitely doesnt look like my previous purchase :( my previous purchase of hydrangea actually looked like it was a gallon. Nevertheless I will go ahead and plant this little lime and see how it goes, fingers crossed! I will update this review in the future.EDIT UPDATE: after transplanting, it looked very sad, even after watering... BUT, after almost a week of watering and care, it perked up and look very healthy!! I added my ratings, it looks like it’ll make it. Will update further if anything else happens.

Living in a rural area I purchase many special plants from online sources. Too often plant size, quality or condition are disappointing. This my first purchase from this vendor. The plant condition due to the inovative packaging could not have been better. My hydrangea is flourishing. I am very pleased.

I ordered these on Sunday and received on Wednesday. I ordered two one gallon petite limelight hydrangeas. My nurseries were all out. Plants are very healthy looking and soil, while not moist was damp.