Hydranga is dying - HELP?

my husband bought me a beautiful hydranga for mother's day - i have since planted it outsite - but it is all wilted - flowers and leaves

it gets lots of sun and the soil is not too moist and not dried out

what did i do wrong? i have fertilized it to no avail

Hydranga is dying - HELP?
Hydrangeas will always wilt in full sun. They need to spend most if not all of their day in shade. It is especially delicate the first year after planting - so yours needs a shadier, moister spot - they need soil that drains well, but stays moderately moist (the shade helps that also) - if you have limited time to water it, be sure to place mulch around the base to help the ground below it retain moisture.
Reply:What is the colour of your Hydrangea?It is necessary to know the colour of your flower as only then can the correct solution be given.



The color of the flower of the hydrangea (rose, blue or red) can change according to the alumina rate (aluminum sulfate) of the ground. Thus, in a ground with strong content of alumina, the rose varieties become blue and the red varieties go rather dark purple. Conversely, the blue varieties remain blue, they do not become darker. That explains why many varieties sold in not specialized nurseries do not necessarily have their color of origin: “rosy” hydrangeas in the beginning are “blue” artificially and conversely. That depends on the substrates used (with or without alumina). It is thus very difficult, for an amateur, to find itself there among different the cultivars.



It is advisable to keep the initial color of each plant to be able to offer the “truth” of the cultivar. Nevertheless, if you wish to keep your hydrangeas blue, It is better you provide, each year in March, to the foot of the plant, aluminum sulfate.



Conversely, if you wish that your hydrangeas remain or become rosy, it is necessary to dig “a very large” hole of plantation and to associate there only horticultural compost with pH 5,5



To pass from one color to the other, it takes approximately a season.



Hope you find it helpful!
Reply:Commercial Hydrangeas are grown in green houses, and so not fully hardy to natural conditions. A hydrangea bought from a florist or plant store will not be able to tolerate being planted straight out. Once the flowers have all finished blooming it's time to plant it out. Hydrangeas love water, a pint a day wont hurt.
Reply:Hydrangeas need lots of shade...I bought one and planted it in a pot and had it outside and it was dying-my dad told me it needed shade but we have hardly no shade at our house so i put it under the steps and it looks like new.... but it does need alot of shade!