Excellent video. I planted a vanilla strawberry hydrangea tree this year. It has grown huge panicles which are magnificent. But we have had MANY heavy rain storms and the tree looks SO sad and floppy. You have given me hope that I can remedy the weak branches and help the tree so it will have smaller panicles making it less vulnerable to drooping. It is pouring again and I'm hoping none of the branches have broken. I've been trying to get out there between storms to shake the water from the blooms but I didn't get to it the last time. I love the huge blooms but I want my tree to survive.
Thank you so much Juanita! 💚🙏💚 It has been a long, cold and snowy winter…and the transition to spring has been even slower for us here in the north. Hope spring has been much warmer in your area. Happy gardening!
I love how clearly you explain the details of what you’re doing!! Your hydrangeas are so gorgeous and I like that you don’t let the circumstances of winter or broken branches get you down!! That Quickfire standard still looks amazing. 🤩
Thank you Thea…💚💚💚 I have learned to be more flexible and adapt to the situation- especially with things that are not under our control. This QF is one of my most valuable plant so I’m hoping it make a big comeback this year. 🤞😁 Happy gardening!
Hello tracy ,this what most waiting video from you, three years I didn't prune my lime light only lightly prune,now it got so big,became more Than ten feet tall, I was afraid to pruned,i saw your video, yesterday i pruned back,I got so inspired by your garden,last year i brought endless summer,i put in in the ground,can i dig and repot in the container, give me your suggestion, all your videos are very informative, still waiting for the video I ask you tracy,, thank you tracy,waiting for your beautiful flowers 🥰👍🙏
Hi Sudha, You can dig it up now and repot it in a large container. The weather is very chilly this week so make sure to place the pot in a protective location (i.e. right up against the wall the house where it could get some radiant heat) and be careful not to damage those swelling leaf buds. Also, don't prune the stems until May long weekend. I hope I don't sound "mean" in the process. :-) The orchid video...the orchids are still blooming. I was going to wait until the blooms die and do one video about re-poting orchids and etc. Happy gardening Sudha!
It will be super fun…have fun 🤩 Sonya! The QFF tree will definitely be rare and will be an envy of many gardeners as they don’t have them on sale yet. 💚💚💚
Thank you so much for this very informative video. I love hydrangeas but I only have 4 right now, all limelight. Now, I know how to prune them properly. You have also inspired me to add some bobo hydrangeas this year. Happy Sunday!
Thank you Hilda! 💚💚💚 Bobo has to be my most favorite petite panicle hydrangea! And if I could only have one ☝️- it would be Bobo. You cannot go wrong with it. Happy gardening Hilda.
I am a novice Gardner and going to try turning my panicle hydrangea into a standard and your videos have been so extremely helpful! I love your explanations as well. Thank you and can't wait to see more !
What a great video. You are one of my favorite garden ladies. You, Laura from garden answers and Mrs Linda Vatter are so fun to watch. Thanks for doing these videos
Thank you hongyu! I think you will not regret buying Bobo when they start blooming this early summer. Ps. Bobo is definitely my most favourite petite panicle hydrangea. Happy gardening! 💚💚💚
Hello...Tracy. Good morning from my Country. How are you? I am glad to see you and your garden this morning. I hope your Hydrangeas will be producing beautiful flowers soon...i do miss your Hydrangeas so much...😍😍😍 Thank you for this Video...Tracy. Good wishes to you and family.
23:14 best advice ever. those cuttings are like gold. I have three new plants from haphazard experimentation this spring. if I had known how easy it was, I'd have saved a lot more.
Thank you Tracy!! This was such an informative video! I’m training standards and I was unsure of how to prune them. This will help me a lot. I appreciate you sharing your knowledge with us! Have a beautiful day!
Hi Tracy! Thanks for showing us how you prune your hydrangea trees. Your garden is always so beautiful. Hopefully, sun and warmth are on the way. See ya soon!
New subscriber here. I love how calming it is to enjoy your garden from afar, I'm in New Jersey USA Zone 7a. Thank you for giving us the gift of your garden and sharing your knowledge. :)
Thank you Kristine! 💚💚💚 I’m so glad you enjoy the garden as much as I enjoy sharing it with everyone. It makes it even more special knowing this from viewers like yourself.
Hi Tracy, Nice to see you in the garden, today I 'm going to prune my hydrangea and your video just came perfectly. thank you for all the good tips. you are amazing! have a good sunday!
Thank you Eddy. 💚💚💚 So far we have had less than a handful warmer spring weekdays. I work full time on week days and solely rely on Saturdays (when I could garden) and almost every Saturday (up until now) has been cold and/or rainy. Hopefully this next Saturday will be warmer than this past one so I could finish my pruning. Happy (spring) gardening!
@@TracysHomeGarden keep up the great videos. I enjoy your videos and really inspired my garden design when I started gardening during covid lockdown. I shared your videos with my neighours and got them into gardening too. I too work full time and have 2 toddlers so I only have time to pre sprout dahlias. Hopefully we have warmer weather soon. 🤞🤞
I really got into panicle hydrangeas because of watching your videos. Made some of my own standards last year, therefore this will be year one. Can't wait!! Thank you Tracy XX
Hiya… I have a quick fire bush that looks like it might have 2-3 long branches that might be able to separate from the mother plant. Last year i almost cut them down to the same level as the remainder stems . Cuz they were really tall and kinda out of place against the remainder stems. But then I watched your video and it encourage me to wait until the spring. And see what happens. Which I’m going to see if I can separate it from the mother plant.. wish me luck.. Ty for your luv for your viewers.
Thank you! 💚💚💚 That’s great jacquelinek22….I too got 2 bushes + 2 standards out of 1 Little Lime last year. I love it when things work out like our situations. Enjoy making hydrangea trees. Happy gardening!
Thank you Lynn Marie Sullivan for this info. 💚💚💚 In our northern cold garden zone, I have always done straight cuts to reduce the amount of surface area exposed to the elements….thus, the cut will heal faster and reduce transpiration. Never knew that angled cuts “were” recommended…to provide slopes for rain water to slide down? How interesting. I wonder how well this works at “shedding” excess rain water. This goes to show that there are multiple ways to do many things in the garden. Happy gardening! 💚💚💚
Hi Tracy I’m waiting this video from you. Thank you so much.very informative video.I’ve been inspired to plant more hydrangeas. Anyway I’m from Edmonton 🌻🌲🍁🌼
Thank you Mabel! Panicle hydrangeas are definitely hardy to zone 4 in Edmonton. Hope your spring has been warmer than ours here in Toronto. Happy gardening Mabel!
I was waiting for your pruning viedo Tracy, as I bought last year 2 panicles limelight and one pink flower macrophyliips type. I did pruning for limelight super excited to journey with you this year!
I agree - unless you are in zone 3-4….that’s where you may want to be careful. 💚💚💚 Ps. One year, we had temps in zone 4ish and oh boy…that was one year I had to cut everything back almost to the ground.
@@TracysHomeGarden Not sure even that would kill them. lolz Kidding of course. I cannot imagine having to cut them to the ground at all! Wow... that's some major cold!
@@TracysHomeGarden because of you I have several of the original pee gee hydrangeas in standard form now! They have more of the weeping form to the branches and flowers (of course that's because the stems on the original were much weaker than the newer panicles. None the less they're beautiful still) Thank you
Hi Tracy, this video is just so interesting 😊 I just paused to run outside to see if I have a suitable candidate to try this on. I think so 😊 your two in the corners are fabulous. If you do root the cut stems, how long would it take to root? Thank you for your great tips and I can’t wait to see all your hydrangeas later in the year ❤
Hi Jeanette, Cuttings take an entire season to root...if you do this early enough in late winter (or early spring), you should have them cuttings root by August. In your warmer zone, your have much longer growing season so you can certainly root as early as March and have it well rooted by July. All the best.
Hello Tracy, thank you for your video, I am wondering did you left your potted hydrangea outside for the winter? Are they all survived in cold winter? Thank you !
Hi Sarah, Yes, the hydrangeas in pots all stay outside for the winter. I will move them to the southwest side of the house just before the 1st frost. The smaller 10”-12” pots may have to be taken into the garage or tucked away on the porch for some added protection. 💚
Hi Tracy it’s Maxine again from St.Catharines Ontario..I made 3..standards because again I am absolutely in love with yours now I left only Three panicles on them but they are full of leaves ..Now I was wondering if I should take the leaves on or should I cut them off Please advise..
Hi Tracy I have been following you on my tv four about a year. I have learned a lot from you. I have a limelight standard hydrangea . I leave in north Texas. We got below 20 dergees a couple of time/ My other hydrangeas are producing green leaves. I was concerned because I didn’t see any sign of life in my standard. I got a knife and scraped the bark and saw no green.Is this a sign that I have lost it? Please and thank you. I don’t have in my new glasses yet so I can’t really see my errors so please forgive my grammar.
Hi Corliss Taylor, If you scrap the bark and see no green then you may have lost it. That is so sad as hydrangea standards are so expensive here in our area…many of them go for almost $200 per small plant. Hopefully the roots are still alive and send out new shoots? 🤞🤞🤞
I have noticed that you plant up your newly divided hydrengea or ones that you are growing into standard trees in pots. Is there a reason for that? Do they do better that way?
Yes, it should be okay if you have them in a sunny spot….my Bobos get some water from the lawn twice a week…but the are in south facing direction and the sun dry up the water quickly. Enjoy your Bobos. 💚💚💚
Hi Joy, The link below has the one that I use. www.homedepot.ca/product/wilson-roots-root-stimulator/1000111382 There are also powder form that may work better but not available for sale in Canada. Happy gardening Joy!
It was definitely cold that day and I actually started filming earlier in the day - but as soon as I started - the weather would change, etc. I almost gave up after 6 hours of moving stuff in and out. I think my nose was runny from being out for so long. 😊
Great vid! I had no clue what I was doing when pruning my shrubs…now I do. Awesome tips!
Excellent video. I planted a vanilla strawberry hydrangea tree this year. It has grown huge panicles which are magnificent. But we have had MANY heavy rain storms and the tree looks SO sad and floppy. You have given me hope that I can remedy the weak branches and help the tree so it will have smaller panicles making it less vulnerable to drooping. It is pouring again and I'm hoping none of the branches have broken. I've been trying to get out there between storms to shake the water from the blooms but I didn't get to it the last time. I love the huge blooms but I want my tree to survive.
That happened to me last year during our thunderstorm...some of the branches broke at the base of the trunk. Hope your VS plants are okay.
I have 4 limelights, 4 bobo's and 4 quick fire in my back yard love them so much I wish I could add more but no room hahaha
Me too! We have so many but never “enough”. 💚💚💚
those standards are really coming along! 😀🌸🌷💮
Thank you Soliel! Happy gardening! 💚💚💚
Hi, Tracy I know your in Canada but glad to see you back in the garden 👍
Thank you so much Juanita! 💚🙏💚 It has been a long, cold and snowy winter…and the transition to spring has been even slower for us here in the north. Hope spring has been much warmer in your area. Happy gardening!
I love your channel for You I loved Hydrangea... great tips thanks
I love how clearly you explain the details of what you’re doing!! Your hydrangeas are so gorgeous and I like that you don’t let the circumstances of winter or broken branches get you down!! That Quickfire standard still looks amazing. 🤩
Thank you Thea…💚💚💚
I have learned to be more flexible and adapt to the situation- especially with things that are not under our control. This QF is one of my most valuable plant so I’m hoping it make a big comeback this year. 🤞😁 Happy gardening!
Hello tracy ,this what most waiting video from you, three years I didn't prune my lime light only lightly prune,now it got so big,became more Than ten feet tall, I was afraid to pruned,i saw your video, yesterday i pruned back,I got so inspired by your garden,last year i brought endless summer,i put in in the ground,can i dig and repot in the container, give me your suggestion, all your videos are very informative, still waiting for the video I ask you tracy,, thank you tracy,waiting for your beautiful flowers 🥰👍🙏
Hi Sudha,
You can dig it up now and repot it in a large container. The weather is very chilly this week so make sure to place the pot in a protective location (i.e. right up against the wall the house where it could get some radiant heat) and be careful not to damage those swelling leaf buds. Also, don't prune the stems until May long weekend. I hope I don't sound "mean" in the process. :-)
The orchid video...the orchids are still blooming. I was going to wait until the blooms die and do one video about re-poting orchids and etc.
Happy gardening Sudha!
I ordered my first limelight and quick fire fab and plan to try and make standards from cuttings off of each! It will be so fun to see what happens!
It will be super fun…have fun 🤩 Sonya! The QFF tree will definitely be rare and will be an envy of many gardeners as they don’t have them on sale yet. 💚💚💚
@@TracysHomeGarden I will see about posting something when I get started-yay!
Thank you so much for this very informative video. I love hydrangeas but I only have 4 right now, all limelight. Now, I know how to prune them properly. You have also inspired me to add some bobo hydrangeas this year. Happy Sunday!
Thank you Hilda! 💚💚💚
Bobo has to be my most favorite petite panicle hydrangea! And if I could only have one ☝️- it would be Bobo. You cannot go wrong with it. Happy gardening Hilda.
I am a novice Gardner and going to try turning my panicle hydrangea into a standard and your videos have been so extremely helpful! I love your explanations as well. Thank you and can't wait to see more !
That’s great to know you found the videos useful as a new gardener. Thank you and happy gardening Presho. 💚💚💚
What a great video. You are one of my favorite garden ladies. You, Laura from garden answers and Mrs Linda Vatter are so fun to watch. Thanks for doing these videos
I fall in love with bobo hydrangea from your video. I bought 10 to make a hedge along my drive way in my from yard. So looking forward to it!
Thank you hongyu! I think you will not regret buying Bobo when they start blooming this early summer. Ps. Bobo is definitely my most favourite petite panicle hydrangea. Happy gardening! 💚💚💚
Beautiful garden great sharing how to prune very informative beautiful plants
Thanks a lot Rob & Mildrid!
Can’t wait to see your beautiful hydrangeas through out the change of season. They are always just stunning!
Thank you Lisa! Happy gardening to you! 💚💚💚
Hello...Tracy. Good morning from my Country. How are you? I am glad to see you and your garden this morning.
I hope your Hydrangeas will be producing beautiful flowers soon...i do miss your Hydrangeas so much...😍😍😍
Thank you for this Video...Tracy. Good wishes to you and family.
Hi Zaleha! Thank you for your sweet comments. Have a great week. 💚💚💚
23:14 best advice ever. those cuttings are like gold. I have three new plants from haphazard experimentation this spring. if I had known how easy it was, I'd have saved a lot more.
That’s awesome! 👍 Hydrangeas cuttings root easiest when done that way. I’m so glad you did it! Happy making more hydrangeas! 💚💚💚
Thank you Tracy!! This was such an informative video! I’m training standards and I was unsure of how to prune them. This will help me a lot. I appreciate you sharing your knowledge with us! Have a beautiful day!
Thank you so much Nichelle! Happy gardening! 💚💚💚
Hi Tracy!
Thanks for showing us how you prune your hydrangea trees.
Your garden is always so beautiful.
Hopefully, sun and warmth are on the way.
See ya soon!
Thank you Nikki! Hope we the wind blows some of your warm weather north of our border to us as well. Happy gardening 💚💚💚
@@TracysHomeGarden 🤗
Good video 👍. 🌹.
Thank you for watching 💚🙏💚
New subscriber here. I love how calming it is to enjoy your garden from afar, I'm in New Jersey USA Zone 7a. Thank you for giving us the gift of your garden and sharing your knowledge. :)
Thank you Kristine! 💚💚💚 I’m so glad you enjoy the garden as much as I enjoy sharing it with everyone. It makes it even more special knowing this from viewers like yourself.
Wish I watched this video a bit earlier. My husband and I trim down the limelight hydrangea to the ground. Hopefully it will survive
As long as the roots are okay then the plant will survive….new stems will come up from the ground. 💚💚💚
An outstanding presentation, thank you so much!
Thank you LillianaBMS! :-)
Hi Tracy, Nice to see you in the garden, today I 'm going to prune my hydrangea and your video just came perfectly. thank you for all the good tips. you are amazing! have a good sunday!
Thank you Ana! Happy pruning your hydrangeas! 💚💚💚
@@TracysHomeGarden Thanks Tracy
Great video. This spring has been a cold one so far in the GTA. Can’t wait for form warmer weather.
Thank you Eddy. 💚💚💚
So far we have had less than a handful warmer spring weekdays.
I work full time on week days and solely rely on Saturdays (when I could garden) and almost every Saturday (up until now) has been cold and/or rainy. Hopefully this next Saturday will be warmer than this past one so I could finish my pruning.
Happy (spring) gardening!
@@TracysHomeGarden keep up the great videos. I enjoy your videos and really inspired my garden design when I started gardening during covid lockdown. I shared your videos with my neighours and got them into gardening too.
I too work full time and have 2 toddlers so I only have time to pre sprout dahlias. Hopefully we have warmer weather soon. 🤞🤞
I really got into panicle hydrangeas because of watching your videos. Made some of my own standards last year, therefore this will be year one. Can't wait!! Thank you Tracy XX
I’m so glad you found the videos useful. Enjoy your newly trained hydrangea standard Helen. 💚💚💚
So basically always cut at the nodes. Got it, I really have to learn how to prune.
Amazing job Tracy 💕 they are doing so well 💕 the one I did last year is also doing amazing so I’m really chuffed 🌸💕🌸
Congrats Jasmine! Enjoying all your beautiful spring blooms on IG! 💚💚💚. Can’t wait to see it soon & looking forward to your hydrangea update on IG.
@@TracysHomeGarden It’s nice keeping a record of our gardens it helps me personally to see how well things are growing 🌸💕🌸
Hiya… I have a quick fire bush that looks like it might have 2-3 long branches that might be able to separate from the mother plant. Last year i almost cut them down to the same level as the remainder stems . Cuz they were really tall and kinda out of place against the remainder stems. But then I watched your video and it encourage me to wait until the spring. And see what happens. Which I’m going to see if I can separate it from the mother plant.. wish me luck..
Ty for your luv for your viewers.
Thank you! 💚💚💚
That’s great jacquelinek22….I too got 2 bushes + 2 standards out of 1 Little Lime last year. I love it when things work out like our situations. Enjoy making hydrangea trees. Happy gardening!
I understand its recommended one cut a branch/stem at an angle so rain water is easily shed. ...
Thank you Lynn Marie Sullivan for this info. 💚💚💚 In our northern cold garden zone, I have always done straight cuts to reduce the amount of surface area exposed to the elements….thus, the cut will heal faster and reduce transpiration.
Never knew that angled cuts “were” recommended…to provide slopes for rain water to slide down? How interesting. I wonder how well this works at “shedding” excess rain water. This goes to show that there are multiple ways to do many things in the garden. Happy gardening! 💚💚💚
@@TracysHomeGarden I leaned it in a pruning class in Seattle and if you google the subject, its always the recommended cut.
Thank you for share!
Happy gardening Marien! 💚💚💚
Great video! One of my Bobo’s have a lot of broken branches from the major snowstorm we had earlier this year. I’m going to train it into a standard.🌱
Yup…all the Bobos I have at the front were severely damaged as well. I hope yours bounce back. Enjoying making Bobo standards Yannie. 💚💚💚
Hi Tracy I’m waiting this video from you. Thank you so much.very informative video.I’ve been inspired to plant more hydrangeas. Anyway I’m from Edmonton 🌻🌲🍁🌼
Thank you Mabel! Panicle hydrangeas are definitely hardy to zone 4 in Edmonton. Hope your spring has been warmer than ours here in Toronto. Happy gardening Mabel!
I was waiting for your pruning viedo Tracy, as I bought last year 2 panicles limelight and one pink flower macrophyliips type. I did pruning for limelight super excited to journey with you this year!
That’s great Anu…Limelight is most beautiful in late summer and I think most people share our same love for them as well. Happy gardening Anu! 💚💚💚
Honestly, you can prune any of the panicle hydrangeas any time you want and they will continue to grow as usual.
I agree - unless you are in zone 3-4….that’s where you may want to be careful. 💚💚💚
Ps. One year, we had temps in zone 4ish and oh boy…that was one year I had to cut everything back almost to the ground.
@@TracysHomeGarden Not sure even that would kill them. lolz Kidding of course. I cannot imagine having to cut them to the ground at all! Wow... that's some major cold!
@@TracysHomeGarden because of you I have several of the original pee gee hydrangeas in standard form now! They have more of the weeping form to the branches and flowers (of course that's because the stems on the original were much weaker than the newer panicles. None the less they're beautiful still) Thank you
Спасибо что поделились, однозначно дружеский Лайк. Забегайте на чаёк!
Thank you for watching! 💚💚💚
Hi Tracy, this video is just so interesting 😊 I just paused to run outside to see if I have a suitable candidate to try this on. I think so 😊 your two in the corners are fabulous. If you do root the cut stems, how long would it take to root? Thank you for your great tips and I can’t wait to see all your hydrangeas later in the year ❤
Hi Jeanette,
Cuttings take an entire season to root...if you do this early enough in late winter (or early spring), you should have them cuttings root by August. In your warmer zone, your have much longer growing season so you can certainly root as early as March and have it well rooted by July. All the best.
@@TracysHomeGarden oh thank you so much and Happy Easter 🐣
Hello Tracy, thank you for your video, I am wondering did you left your potted hydrangea outside for the winter? Are they all survived in cold winter? Thank you !
Hi Sarah,
Yes, the hydrangeas in pots all stay outside for the winter. I will move them to the southwest side of the house just before the 1st frost. The smaller 10”-12” pots may have to be taken into the garage or tucked away on the porch for some added protection. 💚
Hi Tracy it’s Maxine again from St.Catharines Ontario..I made 3..standards because again I am absolutely in love with yours now I left only Three panicles on them but they are full of leaves ..Now I was wondering if I should take the leaves on or should I cut them off Please advise..
Hi Maxine,
All the leaves/stems below the top few branches should be removed. Happy gardening.
Hi Tracy I have been following you on my tv four about a year. I have learned a lot from you. I have a limelight standard hydrangea . I leave in north Texas. We got below 20 dergees a couple of time/ My other hydrangeas are producing green leaves. I was concerned because I didn’t see any sign of life in my standard. I got a knife and scraped the bark and saw no green.Is this a sign that I have lost it? Please and thank you. I don’t have in my new glasses yet so I can’t really see my errors so please forgive my grammar.
Hi Corliss Taylor,
If you scrap the bark and see no green then you may have lost it. That is so sad as hydrangea standards are so expensive here in our area…many of them go for almost $200 per small plant. Hopefully the roots are still alive and send out new shoots? 🤞🤞🤞
I have noticed that you plant up your newly divided hydrengea or ones that you are growing into standard trees in pots. Is there a reason for that? Do they do better that way?
I potted the trees to place them around the patio. They probably do better in ground but I don’t have any more garden space. 💚😁
hi Tracy，do you think bobo hydrangea can take overhead water once a day during summer from the lawn sprinkles?
Yes, it should be okay if you have them in a sunny spot….my Bobos get some water from the lawn twice a week…but the are in south facing direction and the sun dry up the water quickly. Enjoy your Bobos. 💚💚💚
@@TracysHomeGarden Thank you! They are in full sun. Happy!
What have you found to be the maximum tree trunk length possible? How would you grow a taller tree trunk?
Hi great garden and hydrangeas!! Where did you find that oval shaped planter shown at about 10 minutes??
I got the planter on Costco.ca. 💚💚💚
Hi tracy ! In my hydrangea tree there is shoot up grown from the 3/4 of tree .can I cut that and plant seperately if so what is the procedure of that
Hi may I know what rooting hormone did you use to root new hydrangeas?
Hi Joy,
The link below has the one that I use.
www.homedepot.ca/product/wilson-roots-root-stimulator/1000111382
There are also powder form that may work better but not available for sale in Canada.
Happy gardening Joy!
Your nose sounds stuffy
It was definitely cold that day and I actually started filming earlier in the day - but as soon as I started - the weather would change, etc. I almost gave up after 6 hours of moving stuff in and out. I think my nose was runny from being out for so long. 😊
@@TracysHomeGarden I see, at least you aren't sick.