Does hydrangea look like a weed?

[yostefee]

I have been trying to figure out what I planted along side part of my fence. I can't remember from last summer...so I've been letting this grow and have been waiting for some type of clue as to what it could be...I concluded yesterday that it was a weed so today I pulled it up and to my dismay I saw that whatever this is was once from a container (the base was round like when you pull a small shrub out of the container). So, I knew that I must have purposefully planted it and that it wasn't a weed. I'm wondering if it is a hydrangea. Do they sometimes look like weeds before they bloom?
I hope I can bring it back....

[Franco]

A lot of things look like weeds before they bloom. I usually wait until they flower before i pull them (unless I'm sure it's a weed). I planted a really small hydrangea in the front of my house and if i didn't know what it was I'd say it looks a little weed-ish.

[seaellare]

I suppose hydrangeas could look like weeds - here are some pictures of mine:
[img]https://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b349/albumsintheattic/IM004805.jpg[/img]
These are on the north facing side of my house. They are leafing out nicely after a late frost
killed back the foilage... 2 of them are just now starting to flower
[img]https://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b349/albumsintheattic/IM004807.jpg[/img]
Here is a closer picture of the leaves
[img]https://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b349/albumsintheattic/IM004808.jpg[/img]

Hope those help!!

[yostefee]

I took some pictures of these, but how do I put them up so they can be seen and identified?

[seaellare]

If you go to www.photobucket.com, you can upload your pictures there. When you do, there will be 3 boxes - click inside the box that has the Img code - it should automatically copy for you. Then you come back here, right click and paste. When you hit "preview" for your post, you should see the picture!

[yostefee]

[img]https://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x25/yostefee/hydrangea007.jpg[/img]

This is my climbing hydrangea - it is doing well, but no blooms yet.

[img]https://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x25/yostefee/hydrangea006.jpg[/img]

This is the one I pulled up then put back...

[img]https://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x25/yostefee/hydrangea005.jpg[/img]

This is the other one.

What are they??