This is my 3rd year with my endless summers! I actually had removed mine from the ground and put them in very large pots. I find they stay much more hydrated in a pot vs in the ground. Zone 9b(very south near gulf coast) they seem to happy and thriving much more this way for me
My big leaf ( tea time) looks very sad every day. I don’t know what to do. I just bought this 2 weeks ago, I lost almost half of its leaves already. Still struggling to figure out why the leaf and flowers turn brown again and again. 😢
Texas is like no hope 🤯 I just bought some at Costco and no idea what kind they are 🤯 no wonder the lady at the store said they will live for a month 😅 I will still try is only early June
Beautiful wedding pictures, the hydrangeas were perfect. Thank the Lord that I live in a town only an hour away from you so you have made it easy for me in they I'm USDA zone 9b and Sunset Zone 14 like you! 😁 However, I do have to take into account microclimates. Thank you for a wonderful video, with great advice!
You made a very key point in gardening, don't be afraid to fail! I make myself try at least one plant every year that I'm not sure how well it will do in my space. I feel like this is expanding my gardening chops immensely! Always try something new every year! This year I am trying beneficial nematodes and other good bugs and trying to better assess pest damage and doing a better job of IPM. Usually I either bury my head in the sand about it or reach for the neem oil.
Great tips!!! I finally found a channel with my exact USDA Zone and sunset! Here in the wonderful Northern Cali, it can be very challenging to grow my favorite flowers- the hydrangeas! I have a couple that failed and a couple that survived through trial and error. I kept my big leaf hydrangeas in pots on the porch and my Annabelle, interestingly enough, is doing very well once I moved it out of the pot. The other one that I kept in a pot died. I am going to plant some limelight and oak leaf ones soon! Your tips are most appreciated! Thank you so much!
My dad was a master gardener at Disney so I really lucked out with someone I can ask for all my planting advice lol. I love this channel so much and appreciate all the thoughtful info!
I wish Disney had a behind the scenes tour on the gardens and how they choose and maintain their plants.....I've done the land tour... but want more on the rest of the flowers and gardens...
Sooooo, what do you think? Should I correct my entire soil flower bed prior to simply planting ONE hydrangea plant or am I able to only dig up and add fresh soil to just one section where I’m digging for that one pot?
@@fattiebear07 Correct the area where you are putting the Hydrangea. Dig a hole that is twice as big as the potted plant. Add compost, potting soil, or any quality garden soil into the whole you dug. I then add organic fertilier at the bottom of the hole and around the sides prior to putting the Hydrangea in so nutrients are already available for the roots. I then place the Hydrangea in the hole and fill the bottom of the hole with soil so that crown of the Hydrangea is at the same level as your garden area or a little higher. Once you have that right height I water the hole with the Hydragea place in it thoroughly prior to backfilling it with the soil you are going to use. After back filling and pressing the crown and surrounding area of the crown down to make sure that no air is getting to the roots. Water the Hydrangea deeply again. Put mulch around the plant to hold in moisture for hot summer days...Good Luck with your Hydrangea!!!
@@petedetraglia4776 Thank you so so much for responding! Much appreciated. One more thing. Should my Big Lead Hydrangea be okay if I plant it in a spot that gets shade in morning and sun between 12-4pm? Then shade again. I’m not sure if that’s the hottest time of the day but I know it’s supposed to get sun in the am and shade in the pm instead. I just have no spot around my home for that morning sun and afternoon shade it sucks. I’m in zone 9, I believe, In Fresno CA.
Disney should have a garden channel. Their gardens are so perfect and beautiful! Don’t know how it’s possible Not just the parks but the entire area. It must be fairy dust and magic. I live in N Fl, and although I have bought as many plants, my yard is sad.
Janie you have just given me the courage to try oak leaf hydrangeas again for the 3rd time here in Texas zone 9b. Wish me luck! LOVED this information btw!😊
My very favorite subject from another hydrangeaphyle. I have grown them from California to Oregon to Idaho to Missouri now to Texas. My Husband once mistakenly cut 3 Nikko Blue (about 10-12') with a chainsaw to 6". You are right on. Thank you.
I'm just starting my gardening journey and have been babying my hydrangeas. I just found your channel at the beginning of this week, so this video was perfect timing!!! Thank you so much Janey for the beautiful content you are putting out and all the helpful information you provide!
Thank you so much for this content. I love hydrangea but every nursery in san antonio swears that we can't grow them here, but I've seen them here and I'm determined to grow them!
Buy and install some misters around them. Hydrangeas do great with moisture in the air, like on the coast, and in afternoon shade. However don’t over mist to avoid fungus 😬 They do need the sun (morning in hot areas) to give you flowers. I’m “rooting” for you. Best of luck 👍🏼🤞🏼
This was so helpful, Janey. I just bought a limelight hydrangea and haven't picked its final home in my garden yet, so I appreciate your advice. I particularly liked that you encouraged us to experiment and not be afraid to fail. For me, that bears repeating every single day. Thank you!
Thanks for the info. I'm in zone 9b and Sunset zone 9 and have hot dry scorching summers here. Like you, I have had success with Limelight Hydrangeas in the shade. And, on my garden center's recommendation, just planted a Ruby Slippers Oak Leaf Hydrangea which have beautiful white blooms that turn to pink as they age and the dark green leaves that turn to a deep mahogany in the fall. So far, it's doing great...I'm crossing my fingers it can handle the heat. After watching this I think I'll add an additional drip emitter to the Oak Leaf. Thanks for the help. 🤞🌸 M
Thank You Janey!!! You are such a great teacher. I live in 7b, W. TN, and our summers are very hot / humid. Then, some months later we get a massive drop in temp and a hard, killer freeze. We barely get a "winter" except for those few days or weeks. I stupidly pruned one of my hydrangeas after patiently waiting and waiting for just the right time. Brown sticks were poking out of it, and when I cut them off, to make the plant look nicer - I later found out that I should NOT have done that! Since then, I have bought two oakleaf hydrangeas. The hard freeze of Dec. 2022 nearly took them out, but then new growth appeared! They are fine now, but I think a deer has stripped off many leaves. Those naughty deer!
When fertilizing all my hydrangeas last week with Rosetone, and mopheads also getting iron tone and soil acidifier, I thought it was taking much longer than I anticipated. So, I stopped to count them….tallying 78, knowing I was also planting a few cuttings from Annabelles I trimmed and rooted a few weeks before, bringing the total to 85. They really thrive in my zone 5/6 northern Michigan garden.
Janey- I live in Zone 7a, Sunset Zone 34, otherwise known as South Shore of Long Island! It is hydrangea heaven, and I have managed to plant 7 in my small beds surrounding my townhouse! I have mopheads and panicles, and I agree that patience, correct site, and water are the keys to success!🎉
Great info Janey! I'm learning so much. Pruning in the fall is best for large mop head hydrangeas as they bud up so fast in spring. I cut back quite alot last fall and man....did I have a huge amount of flowers!!!! I thought I'd cut back too much but looks like it needed to be cut at least 3 to 4 buds back. I've got a mini limelight that I didn't prune and it was covered this summer, beautiful 😊.
Janey, I LOVE ❤❤❤ YOU. I also feverishly love hydrangeas and have been trying so hard to grow them in Arizona USDA zone 9b/sunset 13. I tried limelight primes last year and they looked HORRIBLE in the dead of the summer but this spring (2nd season) they are doing okay. Your amazing video has given me some confidence to keep babying them until they are established. 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
Thank you! I moved to north east Texas from Northern California where my hydrangeas grew like weeds ❤ but now it’s a test of true gardening for me. Especially for hydrangeas which are my favorite too. You’ve inspired me to keep trying.
I'm in zone 9b as well. I have a hydrengea in my garden that I've transplanted at least 4 to 5 times trying to make sure it's going to survive. I finally found the spot that works and I'm thinking of putting another one next to it this year. Thanks for the tips!
Thanks Janey! One thing I learned that perhaps you already know, the florist hydrangeas will not grow in the ground (bloom) for me in zone 7b. I tried for 3+ years even transplanting, still no blooms. My garden center shared this tidbit of info. So, out it went and I’ve replaced with a domestic (not sure of the variety) and have fingers crossed🤞🏼
Thank you! This was very helpful and very timely. I have brand new Felcos waiting to do this today. I have Limelight, Little Lime, and Limelight Prime Hydrangeas. Here in southern Wisconsin, they do so well. Another favorite hydrangea of mine is the Double Delight Wedding Gown Hydrangea, which is a reblooming Hydrangea. I had one and added 3 last year because I love it so much. I cut a beautiful bloom in November, and it dried so beautifully and is a rosy green still looking great. Your soothing videos make me happy!
Love it, new to your channel and saw your hydrangeas so jelaous... im in las vegas 9A but had no idea about sunset zones. I'm a 11 . I tried once they were babies I planted them in summer first day it was like 9am already in the 90's they were goners lol. Def trying again in a little bit more shade ❤
oh my goodness! I have been looking all over for info about growing in So Calif. and withing 5 minutes you gave me everything I needed to get started. I found the Sunset zone map and what a revelation! I'm in zone 22. I remember my grandmother growing large hydrangea shrubs back in the 1980's and '90's so I know it can be done, but the USDA zones map puts me in 10b, which is considered too hot. Thank you so much! I'm so excited and can't wait to plant my first panicle variety in my front yard which faces north. 🤞
Did you get one ? I am in the zone Southern California 10a and just got little lime hydrangea. I am not sure where to plant yet? Do you have in the part or full sun ?
@@1977fala Yes, I have a red macrophylla (big leaf) and it's planted in an east facing bed that only gets a couple of hours of morning sun and is surrounded by trees, so it gets part sun. It's got buds on it right now! I'm in coastal 10b so it doesn't get hot here and that particular bed stays damp most of the time. HTH
Hi Janey, your delivery of information is succinct and the explanation provided is logical so one can retain that information so easily. Thank you. 🌸❤️🇨🇦
I just planted my first Limelight Prime this year. Also in 9b. Hoping for the best. Worried about those 105 deg days this summer. Expecting to provide shade cloth.
What beautiful wedding photos, thanks so much for sharing those with us! I grow Little Quick Fire hydrangeas here in zone 3b and love them! ( they are a panicle) 🇨🇦
I love hydrangeas but they are too much work. I have killed several in various parts of my garden. Now I am choosing only low maintenance plants that are not fussy. But I really appreciate this video. Very helpful.
Morning Janie! I’m really enjoying your channel even though I’m in Tampa,Fl. Learned something new today “Sunset growing zones”! I’m a 9b also but I know there’s a big difference in heat/humidity tolerance. I do have some hydrangea and I keep them in a shaded area luckily they do pretty well. Thanks so much for all your efforts for the gardening community! 🌸
Hi Janey🌺 . Your wedding pictures are so beautiful and you look wonderful in your wedding dress also the bouquet of hydrangeas flowers . I love it . Good informaiton about hydrangeas . I have the big leave drangeas and they do well .I hope to get other types of hydrangeas beacause in our nurseries there is only this type . Have awonderful day .🌺🦋🌺
Well this is a wealth of knowledge thank you so much hydrangeas one of my favorite flowers definitely yes I just added on my favorite in the running Amaryllis!! Anyway I do have an Annabelle mop head blue that I got from Mother's Day years ago it's in a 15 gallon half barrel and has doing fabulous in my very very hot zone 10 rezoned 10 I put it under my eve on my patio and have a market over it and I do it almost every single day everybody on my patio gets a rain shower missed from my sprinkle hose at least once or twice a day to give them somenice deep breaths. But after watching your video I am going to definitely look for Pinnacle and Oakleaf thank you so much
Loooooove this video Janey! I’ve always wished there was a video about growing hydrangeas in Zone 9b. THANK YOU! 🙏 When is the best time to plant them?
Thanks for the info. I can relate as I live in Sydney Australia and the sun is very strong here especially in Summer, Just as you mentioned I’am struggling with my Panicle’Sundae Fraise’ hedge which gets the strong afternoon sun. They are well mulched and watered. It’s their first year in this spot if they don’t perform I’ll move them next season.
My newly planted Annabelle is withered, brown and half dead because of our TN (zone 7) heat wave this summer (it actually began in late spring!). It bloomed a little bit before the heat wave and now what blooms are left, the deer are eating! I'm going to dig her up and put her in a large pot. I'm not keen on the panicle shaped blooms. I need a medium flowering shrub for my southern exposed garden. Thank you. Learned a lot. (Used to live in SF!)
I also love hydrangeas, but i've started now to grow them, because i leave in a hot and dry climate.That's i'll follow your tips. So helpfull this video!! thanks.
Thank you Janey!! What great information! I am in Zone 9b So Cal and this helped me so much! I imagine you're getting very excited for the garden show! I'm so excited of you!!
Man I had to look up all this for years . I love your video thank you so much ! I live in Cali and I’m in the valley of sanfernando and I love gatsby moon and all paniculatas
I hope you guys have nice weather for the tour, I'm curious to see how many new subscribers you get. You have a ton new now, must say I'm really happy for you, but I'm sure you'll be too busy to chat in the comments. 6 mins to dig holes, sounds like a dream, also nice that you included using the right setting for the auger. Also, I wasn't kidding when I said people should see your garage set up, it looked great today.
Woooow! I’ve just subscribed and this was so helpful. I’m Spanish living by the Mediterranean coast of Spain, and we are so hot and dry that I cannot make my hydrangeas survive 😢. So thanks to your tips I’m trying again.
Tks so much Janey ,great info .I absolutely lovd hydrangeas and I live on zone 10b,I’ve never been able to grow them I’m gonna give it a try w thd 2 varieties u mentioned 😊
Did you get one ? I am in the zone Southern California 10a and just got little lime hydrangea. I am not sure where to plant yet? Do you have in the part or full sun ?
Thank you sooooo much for this you have no idea it’s the topic of my life since I bought my big leaf hydrangea… and I’m in Orlando Florida… I know it’s a crazy idea.
I'm in Daytona, trying to grow limelights. I'm zone 9b. But humid subtropical climate. I love hydrangeas and determined to figure out how to grow them here too.
Very informative, thanks for sharing, Janey. I live in zone 6B, but last year was really hot and barely any rain. My only hydrangea I have was looking crispy all thru the summer and only had 1 bloom, poor thing!!
Gurl!!! You have my head spinning! I need all this info but cannot get it all down. Maybe your lil scientific self would make a spreadsheet! Yes!! Great idea!👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
I live in southern California and have not been able to be successfully grow them in the ground. I have one hydrangea plant that I’ve been successful with in a pot. In the spring I keep it out in the open in the winter and summer, I keep it on my patio where it’s shaded.
Loved your video. I am in Alabama -8B. Can you tell me the best hydrangea to plant that will get a good bit of evening sun and survive? Some people have mentioned the Bobo hydrangea. Thanks for your help.
I am in fl zone 9b. I have lots of sun. House facing scorching afternoon sun. So no hydrangeas in front yard. When i moved to this house i brought 13 hydrangeas with me. The only place i can grow them is in the back yard where i have an oak tree that shades quite well & they also get sun. The area is small so most are in pots for now. Thanks for the tips. You can experiment, but you don’t have to let the plant die. Dig it up before then please. Put it in a different location or put it in a pot and set in a better location.
I’m enjoying watching your videos so much. Knowing that you are place is near us. Tells us that we should be able to grow what you are growing. Now do some of the plants from Green Acres Nursery? We like to shop at their nursery. Thank you 🌻Al’s wife Carmen
Hi Carmen! Green Acres is one of my favorite places!! You should be able to find some plants I feature on my channel there. But inventory is constantly changing at all nurseries, so it always depends.
That was really helpful. I live in Greece in a very hot dry climate and they really do well except of powdery mildew and I never wet their leaves. Any advice on that? Do you have the same problem?
I just brought 5 limelight prime hydrangeas. I live in zone 9a usda and 28 sunset zone with draining soil around the root ball surrounded in clay soil. With four hours of morning sun, and afternoon shade. 🤞🏼 that they are going to survive
I'm in 9b too (Sacramento) and new to hydrangeas. I found a panicle variety that i want to try on the south side of my yard. Your video mentions that you water at 4 gallons an hour with two emitters per plant (2 gallons per emitter). How long do you let your watering system run at that rate? Would about an hour on summer mornings be enough? And do you water in the cool season? Thanks! Subscribed & looking forward to learning more.
I love the big leaf hydrangeas, I live in Stockton Ca. Am I okay? My hydrangeas, are in containers so far they are getting morning sun. Will this work for me, every year I buy and they die hopefully this year since I’ve moved I can learn more and more from you. You give vey good easy to follow advice. Thanks so much for sharing!! 🥰👵🏽🙏🏾 75 year old who loves to garden! 😊
I am brand new to Hydrangeas. I have been watching lots of youtube videos about Hydrangeas. I am in Salt Lake city, Utah, Zone 7a. I have two areas in my front yard: 1. Morning sun from 6am to noon, and shade in the afternoon(after 1pm). 2. Full Sun. I would like to get recommendations of what kind of hydrangeas to plant in those two areas. Where to buy them. Thanks.
Finding this video today after talking bad about one of my hydrangeas yesterday that I had to move because it kept drooping with just two hours of afternoon sun. I’m in Mississippi btw.
Hello. Can you please tell us , for how long , you watered each plant ? I understand you have 2 drippers of 2 GPH on for each plant . Also what is the best NPK for Hydrangeas plants. Thank you.
Sooooo, what do you think? Should I correct my entire soil flower bed prior to simply planting ONE hydrangea plant or am I able to only dig up and add fresh soil to just one section where I’m digging for that one pot?
Did you get one ? I am in the Southern California zone 10a (sunset 23) and just got little lime hydrangea. I am not sure where to plant yet? Do you have in the full or part sun ?
I enjoyed this video. Thank you. I garden in central Texas and grow mophead hydrangeas successfully with morning sun. Do you fertilize your hydrangeas? And if so when? Thanks
I have no idea what’s going on with my limelight this year I know it’s early May but there are no buds on it whatsoever I did scratch the bark gently and it is green I’m also thinking this unusually cold spring hasn’t helped but thank you so much for all the info 😊❤️🌸🌺🌻
USDA zone 8b, I killed 1 Endless Summer macrophylla and two Little Lime panicles before I figured it out! 😄 I have two Endless Summer macrophylla that have been doing well the last 2-3 years and I'm giving Little Lime one last try this year. Mine are growing in pots as I have alkaline soil, they do not like. Unfortunately this year I was unable to bring them into the garage when we had a 13* overnight temp. Our December had been very mild before that so they still had leaves on them when that happened. They aren't leafing out very fully this year and the blooms are close along the stems. I will wait it out this year and next to see how they recover.
Smooth hydrangeas only bloom white and the bloom color is not ph dependent like big leaf hydrangea. I also think they have they have bigger bloom heads than big leaf.
Janey, I have the Monrovia Candy Apple Hydrangea, got it 50%off. I was thinking of planting them a foot apart since Im trying to shade off bindweed🤞 Do you think thats too close?.
This is my 3rd year with my endless summers! I actually had removed mine from the ground and put them in very large pots. I find they stay much more hydrated in a pot vs in the ground. Zone 9b(very south near gulf coast) they seem to happy and thriving much more this way for me
@coffeeloveandraedunn9663 oh yay!!!!!!! I love to hear this! Happy gardening 🪴
My big leaf ( tea time) looks very sad every day. I don’t know what to do. I just bought this 2 weeks ago, I lost almost half of its leaves already. Still struggling to figure out why the leaf and flowers turn brown again and again. 😢
Your wedding pictures were beautiful. I had never seen hydrangeas as a wedding bouquet... gorgeous. 😍
Me living in Canada still watching this video lol
Me living in the Caribbean and still watching this video😂😂😂
Canada you can grow hydrangea especially Vancouver BC weather
Texas is like no hope 🤯 I just bought some at Costco and no idea what kind they are 🤯 no wonder the lady at the store said they will live for a month 😅 I will still try is only early June
Me living in Fiji still watching this video too. Lol
Florida here!
Beautiful wedding pictures, the hydrangeas were perfect. Thank the Lord that I live in a town only an hour away from you so you have made it easy for me in they I'm USDA zone 9b and Sunset Zone 14 like you! 😁 However, I do have to take into account microclimates. Thank you for a wonderful video, with great advice!
You made a very key point in gardening, don't be afraid to fail! I make myself try at least one plant every year that I'm not sure how well it will do in my space. I feel like this is expanding my gardening chops immensely! Always try something new every year! This year I am trying beneficial nematodes and other good bugs and trying to better assess pest damage and doing a better job of IPM. Usually I either bury my head in the sand about it or reach for the neem oil.
This is SOOOOO good. Live in Texas zone 8a. I really needed this one. Thank you 🙏🏾🤗❤️
I’m so glad you found it helpful Stacy!
Great tips!!! I finally found a channel with my exact USDA Zone and sunset! Here in the wonderful Northern Cali, it can be very challenging to grow my favorite flowers- the hydrangeas! I have a couple that failed and a couple that survived through trial and error. I kept my big leaf hydrangeas in pots on the porch and my Annabelle, interestingly enough, is doing very well once I moved it out of the pot. The other one that I kept in a pot died. I am going to plant some limelight and oak leaf ones soon! Your tips are most appreciated! Thank you so much!
My dad was a master gardener at Disney so I really lucked out with someone I can ask for all my planting advice lol. I love this channel so much and appreciate all the thoughtful info!
I wish Disney had a behind the scenes tour on the gardens and how they choose and maintain their plants.....I've done the land tour... but want more on the rest of the flowers and gardens...
Sooooo, what do you think? Should I correct my entire soil flower bed prior to simply planting ONE hydrangea plant or am I able to only dig up and add fresh soil to just one section where I’m digging for that one pot?
@@fattiebear07 Correct the area where you are putting the Hydrangea. Dig a hole that is twice as big as the potted plant. Add compost, potting soil, or any quality garden soil into the whole you dug. I then add organic fertilier at the bottom of the hole and around the sides prior to putting the Hydrangea in so nutrients are already available for the roots. I then place the Hydrangea in the hole and fill the bottom of the hole with soil so that crown of the Hydrangea is at the same level as your garden area or a little higher. Once you have that right height I water the hole with the Hydragea place in it thoroughly prior to backfilling it with the soil you are going to use. After back filling and pressing the crown and surrounding area of the crown down to make sure that no air is getting to the roots. Water the Hydrangea deeply again. Put mulch around the plant to hold in moisture for hot summer days...Good Luck with your Hydrangea!!!
@@petedetraglia4776 Thank you so so much for responding! Much appreciated. One more thing. Should my Big Lead Hydrangea be okay if I plant it in a spot that gets shade in morning and sun between 12-4pm? Then shade again. I’m not sure if that’s the hottest time of the day but I know it’s supposed to get sun in the am and shade in the pm instead. I just have no spot around my home for that morning sun and afternoon shade it sucks. I’m in zone 9, I believe, In Fresno CA.
Disney should have a garden channel. Their gardens are so perfect and beautiful! Don’t know how it’s possible Not just the parks but the entire area. It must be fairy dust and magic. I live in N Fl, and although I have bought as many plants, my yard is sad.
Janie you have just given me the courage to try oak leaf hydrangeas again for the 3rd time here in Texas zone 9b. Wish me luck! LOVED this information btw!😊
Yayyy! Good luck 🤞🏻🤞🏻
I’m also in south Texas… where do you find oak leaf hydrangeas to buy?
Great information. We live in Florida and we just planted 8 hydrangeas. 😄
My very favorite subject from another hydrangeaphyle. I have grown them from California to Oregon to Idaho to Missouri now to Texas. My Husband once mistakenly cut 3 Nikko Blue (about 10-12') with a chainsaw to 6". You are right on. Thank you.
I'm just starting my gardening journey and have been babying my hydrangeas. I just found your channel at the beginning of this week, so this video was perfect timing!!! Thank you so much Janey for the beautiful content you are putting out and all the helpful information you provide!
I’m so glad you’re here Lindsay! And very glad you found this helpful 💗
Thank you so much for this content. I love hydrangea but every nursery in san antonio swears that we can't grow them here, but I've seen them here and I'm determined to grow them!
I'm in San antonio too and have 3 growing in pots. Thinking about planting them in the ground. We will see
Buy and install some misters around them. Hydrangeas do great with moisture in the air, like on the coast, and in afternoon shade. However don’t over mist to avoid fungus 😬 They do need the sun (morning in hot areas) to give you flowers. I’m “rooting” for you. Best of luck 👍🏼🤞🏼
This was so helpful, Janey. I just bought a limelight hydrangea and haven't picked its final home in my garden yet, so I appreciate your advice. I particularly liked that you encouraged us to experiment and not be afraid to fail. For me, that bears repeating every single day. Thank you!
Thanks for the info. I'm in zone 9b and Sunset zone 9 and have hot dry scorching summers here. Like you, I have had success with Limelight Hydrangeas in the shade. And, on my garden center's recommendation, just planted a Ruby Slippers Oak Leaf Hydrangea which have beautiful white blooms that turn to pink as they age and the dark green leaves that turn to a deep mahogany in the fall. So far, it's doing great...I'm crossing my fingers it can handle the heat. After watching this I think I'll add an additional drip emitter to the Oak Leaf. Thanks for the help. 🤞🌸 M
You explain everything so well! I appreciate and enjoy your videos so much. I’m new to your channel and I’m so happy to have found you! 🌼🐝
I’m so happy you’re here Linda! Welcome 💗
New follower here as well.
Thank You Janey!!! You are such a great teacher. I live in 7b, W. TN, and our summers are very hot / humid. Then, some months later we get a massive drop in temp and a hard, killer freeze. We barely get a "winter" except for those few days or weeks. I stupidly pruned one of my hydrangeas after patiently waiting and waiting for just the right time. Brown sticks were poking out of it, and when I cut them off, to make the plant look nicer - I later found out that I should NOT have done that! Since then, I have bought two oakleaf hydrangeas. The hard freeze of Dec. 2022 nearly took them out, but then new growth appeared! They are fine now, but I think a deer has stripped off many leaves. Those naughty deer!
When fertilizing all my hydrangeas last week with Rosetone, and mopheads also getting iron tone and soil acidifier, I thought it was taking much longer than I anticipated. So, I stopped to count them….tallying 78, knowing I was also planting a few cuttings from Annabelles I trimmed and rooted a few weeks before, bringing the total to 85. They really thrive in my zone 5/6 northern Michigan garden.
Thank you for this Janey! Beautiful wedding pics too 💕
Janey- I live in Zone 7a, Sunset Zone 34, otherwise known as South Shore of Long Island! It is hydrangea heaven, and I have managed to plant 7 in my small beds surrounding my townhouse! I have mopheads and panicles, and I agree that patience, correct site, and water are the keys to success!🎉
Great info Janey!
I'm learning so much.
Pruning in the fall is best for large mop head hydrangeas as they bud up so fast in spring.
I cut back quite alot last fall and man....did I have a huge amount of flowers!!!!
I thought I'd cut back too much but looks like it needed to be cut at least 3 to 4 buds back.
I've got a mini limelight that I didn't prune and it was covered this summer, beautiful 😊.
Janey, I LOVE ❤❤❤ YOU. I also feverishly love hydrangeas and have been trying so hard to grow them in Arizona USDA zone 9b/sunset 13. I tried limelight primes last year and they looked HORRIBLE in the dead of the summer but this spring (2nd season) they are doing okay. Your amazing video has given me some confidence to keep babying them until they are established. 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
Thank you! I moved to north east Texas from Northern California where my hydrangeas grew like weeds ❤ but now it’s a test of true gardening for me. Especially for hydrangeas which are my favorite too. You’ve inspired me to keep trying.
I'm in zone 9b as well. I have a hydrengea in my garden that I've transplanted at least 4 to 5 times trying to make sure it's going to survive. I finally found the spot that works and I'm thinking of putting another one next to it this year. Thanks for the tips!
Thanks Janey! One thing I learned that perhaps you already know, the florist hydrangeas will not grow in the ground (bloom) for me in zone 7b. I tried for 3+ years even transplanting, still no blooms. My garden center shared this tidbit of info. So, out it went and I’ve replaced with a domestic (not sure of the variety) and have fingers crossed🤞🏼
Thank you! This was very helpful and very timely. I have brand new Felcos waiting to do this today. I have Limelight, Little Lime, and Limelight Prime Hydrangeas. Here in southern Wisconsin, they do so well. Another favorite hydrangea of mine is the Double Delight Wedding Gown Hydrangea, which is a reblooming Hydrangea. I had one and added 3 last year because I love it so much. I cut a beautiful bloom in November, and it dried so beautifully and is a rosy green still looking great. Your soothing videos make me happy!
Great information! Beautiful wedding pictures! I love limelights the best. They are so easy to grow in GA.
I absolutely love your talk on hydrangeas, I think you are the very best, thanks so much, Hillary
Good Thursday morning Janey. Glad to see you're doing well.I'm definitely following your tips for growing Hydrangeas. 🌹🌼😊
Love it, new to your channel and saw your hydrangeas so jelaous... im in las vegas 9A but had no idea about sunset zones. I'm a 11 . I tried once they were babies I planted them in summer first day it was like 9am already in the 90's they were goners lol. Def trying again in a little bit more shade ❤
Good luck this year and welcome 😉
oh my goodness! I have been looking all over for info about growing in So Calif. and withing 5 minutes you gave me everything I needed to get started. I found the Sunset zone map and what a revelation! I'm in zone 22. I remember my grandmother growing large hydrangea shrubs back in the 1980's and '90's so I know it can be done, but the USDA zones map puts me in 10b, which is considered too hot. Thank you so much! I'm so excited and can't wait to plant my first panicle variety in my front yard which faces north. 🤞
Did you get one ? I am in the zone Southern California 10a and just got little lime hydrangea. I am not sure where to plant yet? Do you have in the part or full sun ?
@@1977fala Yes, I have a red macrophylla (big leaf) and it's planted in an east facing bed that only gets a couple of hours of morning sun and is surrounded by trees, so it gets part sun. It's got buds on it right now! I'm in coastal 10b so it doesn't get hot here and that particular bed stays damp most of the time. HTH
Hi Janey, your delivery of information is succinct and the explanation provided is logical so one can retain that information so easily. Thank you. 🌸❤️🇨🇦
Thank you for sharing your tips with us. I’m in zone 9 like you are🤗. I’m also trying out different types and seeing what works best in my area too.
That’s a good idea Virgina!
I just planted my first Limelight Prime this year. Also in 9b. Hoping for the best. Worried about those 105 deg days this summer. Expecting to provide shade cloth.
What beautiful wedding photos, thanks so much for sharing those with us! I grow Little Quick Fire hydrangeas here in zone 3b and love them! ( they are a panicle) 🇨🇦
Great information. Thanks for sharing. Just what I needed to hear as I shop for hydrangeas. I get that hot scorch but still love them.
I love hydrangeas but they are too much work. I have killed several in various parts of my garden. Now I am choosing only low maintenance plants that are not fussy. But I really appreciate this video. Very helpful.
Morning Janie! I’m really enjoying your channel even though I’m in Tampa,Fl. Learned something new today “Sunset growing zones”! I’m a 9b also but I know there’s a big difference in heat/humidity tolerance. I do have some hydrangea and I keep them in a shaded area luckily they do pretty well. Thanks so much for all your efforts for the gardening community! 🌸
Hi Janey🌺 . Your wedding pictures are so beautiful and you look wonderful in your wedding dress also the bouquet of hydrangeas flowers . I love it . Good informaiton about hydrangeas . I have the big leave drangeas and they do well .I hope to get other types of hydrangeas beacause in our nurseries there is only this type . Have awonderful day .🌺🦋🌺
Well this is a wealth of knowledge thank you so much hydrangeas one of my favorite flowers definitely yes I just added on my favorite in the running Amaryllis!! Anyway I do have an Annabelle mop head blue that I got from Mother's Day years ago it's in a 15 gallon half barrel and has doing fabulous in my very very hot zone 10 rezoned 10 I put it under my eve on my patio and have a market over it and I do it almost every single day everybody on my patio gets a rain shower missed from my sprinkle hose at least once or twice a day to give them somenice deep breaths. But after watching your video I am going to definitely look for Pinnacle and Oakleaf thank you so much
Great video Janey! The best I've seen covering the subject of growing in the heat, thank you.
Glad you found it helpful Heidi!
Loooooove this video Janey! I’ve always wished there was a video about growing hydrangeas in Zone 9b. THANK YOU! 🙏 When is the best time to plant them?
Thanks for the info.
I can relate as I live in Sydney Australia and the sun is very strong here especially in Summer,
Just as you mentioned I’am struggling with my Panicle’Sundae Fraise’ hedge which gets the strong afternoon sun.
They are well mulched and watered.
It’s their first year in this spot if they don’t perform I’ll move them next season.
My newly planted Annabelle is withered, brown and half dead because of our TN (zone 7) heat wave this summer (it actually began in late spring!). It bloomed a little bit before the heat wave and now what blooms are left, the deer are eating! I'm going to dig her up and put her in a large pot. I'm not keen on the panicle shaped blooms. I need a medium flowering shrub for my southern exposed garden. Thank you. Learned a lot. (Used to live in SF!)
Same here Zone 9B! I am now interested to try that plant. I love its flowers!
You got this!!
Janey, what a beautiful bride!! Enjoying all your videos. Hoping you have a great day for your garden tour.
Thank you Ann!
I also love hydrangeas, but i've started now to grow them, because i leave in a hot and dry climate.That's i'll follow your tips. So helpfull this video!! thanks.
Thank you Janey!! What great information! I am in Zone 9b So Cal and this helped me so much! I imagine you're getting very excited for the garden show! I'm so excited of you!!
I live in the same zone 9b! So helpful thanks! My limelight isn’t in the right spot. Going to try again
Man I had to look up all this for years . I love your video thank you so much ! I live in Cali and I’m in the valley of sanfernando and I love gatsby moon and all paniculatas
I’m so glad you found it helpful!!
I hope you guys have nice weather for the tour, I'm curious to see how many new subscribers you get. You have a ton new now, must say I'm really happy for you, but I'm sure you'll be too busy to chat in the comments. 6 mins to dig holes, sounds like a dream, also nice that you included using the right setting for the auger. Also, I wasn't
kidding when I said people should see your garage set up, it looked great today.
Woooow! I’ve just subscribed and this was so helpful. I’m Spanish living by the Mediterranean coast of Spain, and we are so hot and dry that I cannot make my hydrangeas survive 😢. So thanks to your tips I’m trying again.
I hope this helps and wishing you lots of luck!
Thanks for give us great tips about Hydrangeas. I love your videos.
Tks so much Janey ,great info .I absolutely lovd hydrangeas and I live on zone 10b,I’ve never been able to grow them I’m gonna give it a try w thd 2 varieties u mentioned 😊
Wishing you lots of luck Dina!!
Did you get one ? I am in the zone Southern California 10a and just got little lime hydrangea. I am not sure where to plant yet? Do you have in the part or full sun ?
Thank you sooooo much for this you have no idea it’s the topic of my life since I bought my big leaf hydrangea… and I’m in Orlando Florida… I know it’s a crazy idea.
I'm in Daytona, trying to grow limelights. I'm zone 9b. But humid subtropical climate. I love hydrangeas and determined to figure out how to grow them here too.
@@DFuentes01 me too I have to say my hydrangeas haven’t died yet
@@IAMJC39 I planted 10 and have 4 alive... trying to water more often
@@DFuentes01 I water every day
@@IAMJC39 I’m doing that now.. I didn’t have good irrigation before.. if I can keep the ones alive that I have I will replace the others.
Good info! I’ve always wanted one, just never sure what to get because I don’t want to kill one! Just might try it this year!
I hope you do!
Very informative, thanks for sharing, Janey. I live in zone 6B, but last year was really hot and barely any rain. My only hydrangea I have was looking crispy all thru the summer and only had 1 bloom, poor thing!!
Oh no! Wishing you better luck this year 🤞🏻
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE CLASS OF HYDRANGEAS.
11:46 this is what I came for. Some of my leaves are scorched and I was about to clip them off. Will leave them on for now.
Glad this helped! Good luck!!
Gurl!!! You have my head spinning! I need all this info but cannot get it all down. Maybe your lil scientific self would make a spreadsheet! Yes!! Great idea!👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
I live in southern California and have not been able to be successfully grow them in the ground. I have one hydrangea plant that I’ve been successful with in a pot. In the spring I keep it out in the open in the winter and summer, I keep it on my patio where it’s shaded.
Thank you soo much, great info
Loved your video. I am in Alabama -8B. Can you tell me the best hydrangea to plant that will get a good bit of evening sun and survive? Some people have mentioned the Bobo hydrangea. Thanks for your help.
I am in fl zone 9b. I have lots of sun. House facing scorching afternoon sun. So no hydrangeas in front yard. When i moved to this house i brought 13 hydrangeas with me. The only place i can grow them is in the back yard where i have an oak tree that shades quite well & they also get sun.
The area is small so most are in pots for now. Thanks for the tips. You can experiment, but you don’t have to let the plant die. Dig it up before then please. Put it in a different location or put it in a pot and set in a better location.
Please tell me, does limelight need acidic soil like other species, or can it adapt to alkaline soils?
Thank you for all the information.
I live in Ocala Florida and want to grow hydrangeas for the weddings bouquet.
Which one is perfect
I’m enjoying watching your videos so much. Knowing that you are place is near us. Tells us that we should be able to grow what you are growing.
Now do some of the plants from Green Acres Nursery? We like to shop at their nursery. Thank you 🌻Al’s wife Carmen
Sorry it looks like I can’t write with out m6 glasses anymore 😊Carmen
Hi Carmen! Green Acres is one of my favorite places!! You should be able to find some plants I feature on my channel there. But inventory is constantly changing at all nurseries, so it always depends.
@@DigPlantWaterRepeat Thank you, enjoy the weekend
That was really helpful. I live in Greece in a very hot dry climate and they really do well except of powdery mildew and I never wet their leaves. Any advice on that? Do you have the same problem?
I just brought 5 limelight prime hydrangeas. I live in zone 9a usda and 28 sunset zone with draining soil around the root ball surrounded in clay soil. With four hours of morning sun, and afternoon shade. 🤞🏼 that they are going to survive
Thanks for sharing your wedding pictures with us ❤️
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I'm in 9b too (Sacramento) and new to hydrangeas. I found a panicle variety that i want to try on the south side of my yard. Your video mentions that you water at 4 gallons an hour with two emitters per plant (2 gallons per emitter). How long do you let your watering system run at that rate? Would about an hour on summer mornings be enough? And do you water in the cool season? Thanks! Subscribed & looking forward to learning more.
Virginia Zone 8?? Color I love white and blue hydrangea??Low maintenance
I love the big leaf hydrangeas, I live in Stockton Ca. Am I okay? My hydrangeas, are in containers so far they are getting morning sun. Will this work for me, every year I buy and they die hopefully this year since I’ve moved I can learn more and more from you. You give vey good easy to follow advice. Thanks so much for sharing!! 🥰👵🏽🙏🏾 75 year old who loves to garden! 😊
How far apart do you put your emitters from the footballs?
What do you think is the best hydrangea for zone 9b (Louisiana) for a north facing garden? It gets sunlight until about noon.
I am brand new to Hydrangeas. I have been watching lots of youtube videos about Hydrangeas. I am in Salt Lake city, Utah, Zone 7a. I have two areas in my front yard:
1. Morning sun from 6am to noon, and shade in the afternoon(after 1pm).
2. Full Sun.
I would like to get recommendations of what kind of hydrangeas to plant in those two areas. Where to buy them. Thanks.
Finding this video today after talking bad about one of my hydrangeas yesterday that I had to move because it kept drooping with just two hours of afternoon sun. I’m in Mississippi btw.
Hope this video helped!!
Hello. Can you please tell us , for how long , you watered each plant ? I understand you have 2 drippers of 2 GPH on for each plant . Also what is the best NPK for Hydrangeas plants. Thank you.
One question please. How and when is the right time to pick flowers from your hydrangea? Thank you and blessed be!
What soil mixture do you recommend for planting limelight hydrangea in a pot?
Do you add mulch to pot as well?
Ty
Thank you! Very useful information!
Glad you found it helpful!
Sooooo, what do you think? Should I correct my entire soil flower bed prior to simply planting ONE hydrangea plant or am I able to only dig up and add fresh soil to just one section where I’m digging for that one pot?
I was giving to trow away a pot of hydrangeas that never came back in years, when I noticed new blooms , can I plant the shrubs with the tiny blooms?
Do you water the base of the plant or the leaves and flowers?
💞thank you! In Southern California and I want to grow hydrangeas in my garden.
Did you get one ? I am in the Southern California zone 10a (sunset 23) and just got little lime hydrangea. I am not sure where to plant yet? Do you have in the full or part sun ?
I enjoyed this video. Thank you.
I garden in central Texas and grow mophead hydrangeas successfully with morning sun. Do you fertilize your hydrangeas? And if so when? Thanks
I have no idea what’s going on with my limelight this year I know it’s early May but there are no buds on it whatsoever I did scratch the bark gently and it is green I’m also thinking this unusually cold spring hasn’t helped but thank you so much for all the info 😊❤️🌸🌺🌻
I think it’s our strange weather this year. I’m zone 8. Last year I didn’t have blooms until July.
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Thank you I was getting a bit worried but yes you are right def our strange weather 😊🌸🌺
I have them all except the oak leaf and the climbing ones.
Thank you for the information. What is the plant being you to the right of you. Bright tropical green with tips red on the leaves.
The limelight is my favorite too. In Georgia the Oakleaf does well.
Great tutorial Janey
Thank you Janet 💗
Love your videos, can you tell me the name of the plant on your left hand side it’s soo beautiful.
USDA zone 8b, I killed 1 Endless Summer macrophylla and two Little Lime panicles before I figured it out! 😄 I have two Endless Summer macrophylla that have been doing well the last 2-3 years and I'm giving Little Lime one last try this year.
Mine are growing in pots as I have alkaline soil, they do not like. Unfortunately this year I was unable to bring them into the garage when we had a 13* overnight temp. Our December had been very mild before that so they still had leaves on them when that happened. They aren't leafing out very fully this year and the blooms are close along the stems. I will wait it out this year and next to see how they recover.
Oh your wedding photos 😍💕❤
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Nice video Janey! Great info. Question, do you always need to prune hydrangeas? I did not do so this past winter, and I have more blooms than ever!
What's the difference between big leaf vs smooth hydrangea? I can never tell them apart. Please help.
Smooth hydrangeas only bloom white and the bloom color is not ph dependent like big leaf hydrangea. I also think they have they have bigger bloom heads than big leaf.
When the hydrangeas flower loose their color and turn grey--do I prune the head off or leave it?
Bob Hudak. New member.
I live in Southern California
It’s your choice! Some people like the look of them, so people like trimming them off!
can you tell me baout hydrangea paniculata phantom , hydrangea paniculata 'cotton cream' and hydrangea paniculata pinke promes?
Janey, I have the Monrovia Candy Apple Hydrangea, got it 50%off. I was thinking of planting them a foot apart since Im trying to shade off bindweed🤞 Do you think thats too close?.