Winter Protection Strategies for Hydrangeas with Mal Condon

We are delighted to welcome back hydrangea expert Mal Condon on Tuesday, November 5th at 2 pm! Hydrangeas continue to be very popular. Widely grown throughout Cape Cod and along much of the New England coastline, they create something special in so many gardens.  However, Hydrangea macrophylla plants are the least cold-hardy species of the genus and too often bloom poorly following a harsh cold winter cold or sudden spring freezes. Mal will provide information and demonstrate winter protection strategies to better protect your plants from winter weather hostilities. Best step-by-step procedures will be presented, the tools and materials displayed, and the sources shared. Please register to attend by clicking this link.

A lifelong gardener, Mal has been collecting, propagating, and growing hydrangeas for more than 45 years. An engineer by education and profession, he is strongly committed to the continuing development of the genus.

His Hydrangea Farm Nursery on Nantucket was a well-known specialty nursery featuring one of the largest hydrangea collections in the Northeast. In 2014, he relocated to Yarmouthport, where he continued 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 world-wide.

He is currently the Curator of Hydrangeas at Heritage Museums & Gardens in Sandwich, and 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. He was also featured on CBS Sunday Morning last summer!

This event is free, sponsored by the Trustees of the Falmouth Public Library.  Registration is required, please do by clicking here.