Of the several important issues for the home gardener to understand and practice, pruning is quite possibly the most critical and the least well understood. On May 16 at 7 pm at The Gardens at Elm Bank, 900 Washington Street in Wellesley, Mal Condon will share some details of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society’s ‘Seasonal Step Approach to Pruning’ – focusing on specific new understandings we continue to explore and develop over time. Additionally, several cultural issues deserve extra attention at this most important time in our growing season – fertilizing, bloom color control, irrigation strategies. ‘Container Growing Techniques’ for our much loved Hydrangea macrophyllas deserves serious consideration as a method for insuring winter survival. Full details will be presented ‘on screen’ and ‘live’.
A lifelong gardener, Mal Condon has
been collecting, propagating, and growing hydrangeas for more than 40
years. His initial home gardening pursuits developed over the years into
a dedicated commercial operation. An engineer by education and
profession, he is strongly committed to the continuing development of
the genus – always searching for new and better plants, evaluating their
landscape performance, and finding superior ways to produce and grow
them.
His Hydrangea Farm Nursery on Nantucket Island,
Massachusetts was a well-known specialty nursery featuring one of the
largest hydrangea collections in the Northeast. In 2014, he relocated to
Cape Cod, where he continues his passion establishing a significant new
garden. Mal frequently shares his many hydrangea learnings with garden
clubs, horticultural associations, and plant societies – in the USA and
other hydrangea-centric locations world-wide.
He is currently the Curator of Hydrangeas at Heritage
Museums & Gardens in Sandwich, MA and totally involved with the
continuing expansion of the Garden’s significant collections, including
the North American Hydrangea Test Garden and The Cape Cod Hydrangea
Society’s Display Garden.
$20/ Mass Hort member; $30/general admission. Register at https://masshort.org/education-events/success-with-hydrangeas/
