Hydrangeas - everything you need to know about growing hydrangeas in your garden
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- Find out how to choose, grow and prune hydrangeas, and how to tell a hydrangea variety by the flower. Hydrangeas are one of the best long-interest garden shrubs - they flower for months on end, look good over winter and are easy and trouble-free plants to care for. Tips from hydrangea gardener and specialist grower Roger Butler of Signature Hydrangeas in Kent.
1:35 Hydrangea types: Hydrangea macrophylla - mopheads and lacecaps
3:10 Oakleaf hydrangeas - only need very light pruning
3:46 How to choose and care for hydrangeas
3:53 How to understand whether a hydrangea will change colour
4:35 Choosing the right hydrangea for your garden
5:35 What is the best time of year to plant a hydrangea?
5:42 Which plants grow well with hydrangeas?
6:08 Can hydrangeas be moved?
6:19 Can hydrangeas grow indoors?
7:16 What to do if my hydrangea is wilting?
7:37 Do you need to feed hydrangeas?
8:07 Which hydrangeas attract bees?
8:20 Why is my hydrangea not flowering?
9:00 How to look after hydrangeas in winter?
9:40 Which hydrangeas have good foliage?
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That was the best hydrangea video I’ve ever seen. It was so specific where to prune the mop heads. I have quite a few mop heads that I’ve rescued from friends gardens but I have few or no flowers. I’m afraid to prune them . I’m going to focus on feeding them and see what happens next spring. Thanks!
Thank you! Here's hoping for some good flowers next year.
Suits to Telangana climate or not
Don’t know if your mop heads have bloomed Nancy, but having had the same problem, I researched and found a solution that worked.
In late fall, I fenced off each mop head individually, staking the fence to keep it in place, I then completely covered the plant with straw and chopped leaves. I checked thru the winter to make sure the wind didn’t expose any branches.
In spring, once you know that any heavy spring frosts or harsh cold winds are at a close end, remove all straw, leaves and fencing. Providing you didn’t prune your old wood back, you should get blooms. It worked for me after 2 years of nothing. However, I made the mistake of unveiling my plants at the first sign of lovely spring weather in April, only to have the weather turn inclement once more. This resulted in damages to the buds and only 1 of my 5 mopheads bloomed, but I did get 4 big blooms. This was, for me, a big step in the right direction. I live in zone 5 eastern Canada with very harsh cold windy damp springs, sometimes until June. The effort was well worth the blooms!!😉
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My lacecaps Pinkee Winkee hydrangeas are 15years old but 3 of 4 were flowers that rooted like cuttings3 years later when i unexpectedly stayed somewhere else for the weekend because i only prune them when cutting flowers. The old wood is 5 foot tall but blooms are 7 foot from that side when i cut them. I just figured out last year that the gound in back is over18 inches higher which let me cut the upper blooms from my height of 4 foot 11 with shoes on. I just got mopheads last year but they rebloomed every time i cut flowers. Bloomstruck was the hardy variety i bought when they were blue but they didnt turn blue again until i had to transplant them to build a deck that i never got a permit for
Here in the Netherlands, hydrangeas are positioned around the gardens of farms with ditches nearby. They're supposed to assist with the drainage of the soil. The cone-shaped flowers are called "sheep-heads" here. They are reminding you of a herd of sheep, actually, once you watch them in white flowery profusion in those gardens in the Dutch countryside.
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This was a delightful, wide-ranging and interesting video. Alexandra's interview with hydrangea expert was superb. I learned a great deal from her line of questioning as well as the free flowing advise of the gardener. I am planning to plant my first hydrangeas in a very sunny location in a new medium sized garden in Massachusetts this Spring.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Fantastic informative video, excellently explained. Now I know why mine didn’t flower too well last year 2020. I shall run beautifully this year. Thank you.
Just pruned for this year, so hopefully have many many blooms again. You explained perfectly, thank you.
At last I have found an informative gardening channel for my English middle-sized garden! Thank you for your research and sharing your knowledge. This was a brilliant interview and you asked all the questions I needed to care for my newly planted hydrangeas. You've given me confidence to care for them and hopefully I won't make a mess of it and kill 'em off!
Thank you!
Don't forget about the new hybrid called, "endless summer" that bloom on old and new growth. One of the greatest things about the "endless summer" series is you can prune them all the way back to the ground and they will bloom wonderfully on new growth.
Yes, they're interesting. Thank you for reminding me.
I thought about the Endless Summer hydrangea as I watched this video, then I realized that cultivar was created in the United States, and this video was clearly filmed outside of the US. Great video, nonetheless!
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Really useful and informative. Especially as someone who loves hydrangeas and has 3 different ones for the first time but was having mild panic attacks about how to cut back each one! Thank you! 😊
I wish I had seen this BEFORE my husband pruned our beautiful hydrangeas back last fall. Praying for lovely flowering plants this year. Had a mishap with 4 new bushes, they were put in the garage and forgotten, with one surviving, the others turned to dust. Hazards of beginner container gardening.
Oh, yes, I do that sort of thing too. Hope the hydrangeas recover from the pruning - most plants do.
@@TheMiddlesizedGarden Thank you. I'm amazed to see the growth on our plants from last year. Looking hopeful.
@@TheMiddlesizedGarden What an amazing day this has been. Took a walk around the potted garden. I can see lots of lovely flower buds on my hydrangeas. So excited to see the wonder show of blooms soon. Thank you again for the encouragement.
Thank you Alexandra! I have a mop head that never blooms. I have just discovered your videos and am learning a lot. Thank you for taking the time to share so much information on gardens. I love all your videos!
Thank you so much!
Your frosty garden photo is amazingly lovely.
Thank you, it's so lovely when there's a frost, although our winters do seem to have been very mild recently.
I love how dedicated to your channel you are! Great video!
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You are the best gardening thing on TH-cam! Thank you for all these wonderful interviews of the experts choc a bloc with useful practical detail for the everyday gardener. I love your interview format because it helps break up otherwise slightly long streams of important information that might glaze over the average gardener's mind. By breaking the experts' advice up by asking questions or interspersing your comments into the experts it gives the viewer a signal to take note of the important details. Combined with your own apparently endless font of gardening knowledge it presents the complete tome in a short video. Invaluable!
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Very thorough treatise, and timely for me as I am ready to buy my first ones
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This was perfect. Great information and great timing. I’m happy with any and all your videos. They are some of the best and must informative I’ve seen. Happy gardening to all!
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"I pray to God to give you a lot of beautiful days and I hope God bless you to have a great day, I'm David by name from Overbrook Philadelphia and you where are you from?
Oh yes, I'll keep this video in my back pocket for taking care of mine!
My first experience with Hydrangeas were with the tall, single woody stemmed Pee Gee type. They must've been at least 9' tall with a dense canopy of arching branches with large ovate, opposing leaves along each singular stem, each stem ending in a massive cluster of small, lightly fragrant flowers. I could pick a few big bouquets without thinning out the abundant clusters enough to even notice they'd been removed.
The huge panacles began as a light shade of a creamy green which, over time became all creamy white & attained their full size at about 12" to 14" long & maybe 10" wide.
When summer turned cooler & into early fall, those massive heads began to have pinkish hues - beginning at their base. In the next weeks the pink turned deeper & gradually covered the whole panacle.
I was fond of cutting huge bouquets at different stages of color. There were plenty to pick from between the 4 or 5 shrubs.
I'd put about 2" of water in my few, large, heavy vases. Then let them dry. They became light as air, brittle & retained their colors as they looked when cut.
I'd leave the fluffy light brown blossoms on the leafless stems all winter, then prune them back hard in spring, to maybe 4" to 6" from the tops of their woody, single stems. It's best to cut to an out facing bud.
Soon their 4' or longer arching branches would form fountain like tops. & blossoms formed & grew large at the end of each stem & eventually hung down but didn't look droopy.
The flowers were magnificent fresh or dried. The bouquets could remain as arranged & kept their colors well for months.
Very knowledgeable and great choice of questions. I also love how he answered the questions without straying - direct and straight to the point. Love from sunny Sydney, Australia.
Thank you
Now if someone could only develop a hydrangea with the scent of a lilac. 😄Lilacs don’t thrive where I live so I’m even more grateful for the exuberant hydrangea blooms. My favorite is the Oakleaf Hydrangea for winter interest.🍁🍂
I agree oakleaf hydrangeas are lovely.
AGREED!
What a fabulously informative video! The title says it all. More like this please Alexandra! 😊🌸🍁🌺
Thank you!
Best info given on hydrangea leant a lot about pruning and time to prune
Thank your for sharing wisdom and for inviting guest to share expertise ❤
I love the question and answer format 😀
Thank you so much for this video, I was at a local store and they had them in display and I fell in love, this video was extremely informative and helpful because this is my first attempt at gardening! ❤️
Glad I could help!
Thank you for this episode. I had no idea that I’ve been over pruning my hydrangeas.
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The best hydrangea video to date!! Thank you!
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Excellent information, thank you. Before I found your channel I was a frustrated gardener who couldn't find good information, now you are my first port of call. I always come away inspired!
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Great video on Hydrangeas! I wondered why I have no flowers this year! Got your book on privacy in the garden. Extremely useful.
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I absolutely adore hydrangeas and plan to have several different varieties. This video is very informative-thank you!
:I pray to God to give you a lot of beautiful days and I hope God bless you to have a great day, I'm David by name from Overbrook Philadelphia and you where are you from?
Thanks so much for this video...💖💝
Remembered I had watched it before but it's still such a joy to watch it again...
Hydrangeas simple fascinating ...the varieties...
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I'm a new subscriber, soaking up some of your older posts & I've learned so much already! Thank you!
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loved the interview format; it was simple to listen to and understand; yes I prefer this individual selected plant information 👍
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What a wonderful hydrangeas video! It was very informative knowing the different types of hydrangeas. I have the Mopeds and the Lacecaps. Thanks for all the helpful details on how to prune and when to fertilize them. Great job!
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I loved this video about Hydrangeas! Cheers from California.
Probably one of the best educational video on Hydrangeas.
Thanks for this wholesome info.
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If I have to choose one between Bobo Hydrangea and Little Quick Fire, which one you will recommend.
Thank you.
First time I watched this video,it has all the information that I wanted to know about Hydrangeas, thanks for the nice and knowledgeable video .😊
:I pray to God to give you a lot of beautiful days and I hope God bless you to have a great day, I'm David by name from Overbrook Philadelphia and you where are you from?
Thanks goodness I come, across your channel I've learned a lot about gardening.
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I love the concise explanation. Thank you.
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Fabulous timing I have a large pot and desperately wanted to plant a Hydrangea as I love them.
So thank you for asking the gentleman all the right questions,really enjoyed watching the video.
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"I pray to God to give you a lot of beautiful days and I hope God bless you to have a great day, I'm David by name from Overbrook Philadelphia and you where are you from?
I love these plants !!!
Hello thank you so much, what a fantastic video. You asked all the questions I wanted to know. I learnt lots. Thank you Natalie x
Thank you!
So many variety’s thank you
Absolutely loved this!!!
Signaturehydrangea shop is the best of all. I am amateur hydrangea grower and its amazing to hear directly from the professional grower! Just discovered your channel - fab work!
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Hi Anna, how’s your day going with you?
Thank you for sharing such lovely gardens regularly. I am delighted to see them and also learn a lot.
Thank you!
Thank you Alexandria for the amazing video. I love the hydrangeas but did not know there are so many different varieties.your videos are always very informative . Thank you again for making this gardening channel
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An excellent blog to learn tips as one cant know everything as a gardener .After 60 years of garden care im still able to learn new idea
Many thanks
Glad I found this video, as I want to plant hydrangea's next.
Thank you. Very informative especially on pruning.
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I learned a lot about hydrangea.This video was very entertaining. Thank you!
Hi Anna, how’s your day going with you?
This was brilliant. All questions answered and so clear. Thanks
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"I pray to God to give you a lot of beautiful days and I hope God bless you to have a great day, I'm David by name from Overbrook Philadelphia and you where are you from?
Im new to gardening and I bought a couple of Hydrangeas and ones dying in the pot and thanks to this video I now know why ...Thankyou...
Thank you.
I thoroughly enjoyed this video. Very informative. Thank you! Hydrangeas are my absolute favourite.
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;I pray to God to give you a lot of beautiful days and I hope God bless you to have a great day, I'm David by name from Overbrook Philadelphia and you where are you from?
I love your video so much. Your accentuated take on the care of the flowers and plant in general are inspiring. Thanks a lot.
"I pray to God to give you a lot of beautiful days and I hope God bless you to have a great day, I'm David by name from Overbrook Philadelphia and you where are you from?
Great info, thanks for sharing!
I love these plants I was from down South from Surrey area.and We had these plants in the Front Garden my mum loved these plants but She died.but I moved in with my mums Sister my Aunt and Uncle and we have these plants in the front Garden as a Remembrance to my Mum.now everytime I see Hydrangeas I smile when I see them.they are so pretty
Wonderful advice ! I planted some for my mother this fall and I’m hoping to keep them lush!
Wonderful!
I have just started growing hydrangeas this year so didn't know a lot about them, I found this short video so informative and helpful.
I now feel confident to go out and buy lots more to add to my collection, now I know how to look after them.
"I pray to God to give you a lot of beautiful days and I hope God bless you to have a great day, I'm David by name from Overbrook Philadelphia and you where are you from?
This was fabulous! Thank you!!
You are so welcome!
Hi from Georgina.I really like your presentations as it's good advice,lovely gardens and NO annoying music, thank you.
Thank you so much!
Brilliantly informative. Thank you! Yes please to individual plant care vids!
"I pray to God to give you a lot of beautiful days and I hope God bless you to have a great day, I'm David by name from Overbrook Philadelphia and you where are you from?
That was a great video. Thanks for your work.
This is a wonderful video. Great job with the interview !
Thanks so much!
I've learned so much from your channel. Thank you
Thank you!
Thank you for this video.
When my dad passed, I had his hydrangea and had to cut it down. Not had any flowers and now I know why! Thank you for the video. I will feed it well and see how it comes on.
:I pray to God to give you a lot of beautiful days and I hope God bless you to have a great day, I'm David by name from Overbrook Philadelphia and you where are you from?
Great video! Thanks for all the information!
This was a very useful and informative video thank you. I was considering planting hydrangeas in a shady tricky border. Having watched your video I’m much better informed heading out to the garden centre.
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This was very helpful. Thank you!
Thank you, first timer here, brilliant idea to offer advice for individual plants. Some lovely photos too, am hooked and I have subscribed.
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Very informative. Thank you
Another excellent informative video. I love visiting Signature/Golden Hill when hydrangea's are in full bloom, the choice of cultivars is overwhelming.
Yes, it's an excellent nursery!
Thank you so much, this was really helpful, I enjoy your channel it is very calming to watch.
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You have been so helpful. Solid, easy directions to be successful. Thank you for your experience and sharing
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This is an excellent video, such clear advice and covering the fundamentals of Hydrangeas perfectly. I will be referring to it a lot! Many thanks.
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Just now watching this and it was so helpful 😊
Such helpful information! Thank you for asking all these good questions. I have a much better understanding of hydrangeas now.
Thank you!
Hi Megan, how’s your day going with you?
Perfect information on how to prune/not prune mop heads in winter, I am a beginner and it has been very helpful. Thanks!
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Hi Carolyn, how’s your day going with you?
Brilliant Video, easy for everyone to understand
Thank you
Recently moved to new house. We have inherited some hydrangeas, one of which is Annabelle. There are 6 plants all planted quite close together, all under canopy of huge Jasmine, which is covering oil tank. They receive morning sun, which I think is too much for most of them. Will be moving them in October as suggested. Thanks so much for video, it was very helpful.
thank you!
A brilliant video. Many thanks.
Very helpful video! Thanks!
Super advice and information- Thank you so much for sharing-
Thank you.
I have had four fuschia colour mopheads in my small front garden. I wasn't sure how far to prune them back so only cut off the heads but they have produced ever fewer blooms. Now I realise it is due to feed. I have used a little lime to help keep the colour and alternated with a popular brand general feed. They would probably benefit from changing to this.
On the other hand, I can't stop what turned out to be large fuschia bushes from overgrowing for the space (away from the hydrangeas). They are cut back hard almost to the ground every year then pruned by a third two or three times, but they still reach shoulder height by the end of the summer. The roots are now too established for me to dig up now that I have joint problems and I am loathe to poison them. Besides, apart from more hydrangeas there isn't much I would want to put in their place.
I do find that the plants are in charge in my garden...fuschias are extraordinarily large sometimes, but their flowers are beautiful.
Thank you so much. You have really educated me!
Excellent video, lots of information well presented.
I have several mopheads that I had to cut old woods down to the ground this Spring due to being overgrown and rejuvinate. Now it has new healthy leaves and stems. Hopefully it will start to bloom again by next year.
Thank you so much! This video is very helpful.
Very informative. Thanks for sharing. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Excellent info! Thank you!
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I fully understand more about Hydrangea. Thanks a lot
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I just love hydrangeas but I never get flowers. Either the winter cold or hungry deer do them in. The deer in my area eat nearly everything...such pests in the garden. We moved the tardivas into the fenced orchard so maybe we will actually get blooms and some size on them this year. Love your videos 💚
Very informative .. thoroughly enjoyed this post ! Thanks x
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Lots of great information. Thank you!
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Hi Selena, how’s your day going with you?
great tips! thank you!
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Superb video , I do enjoy your videos , when I have a spare moment for a cup of tea . Have a lovely day.
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Very helpful, thanks
I live in Oklahoma and I love any information videos on hydrangeas and hot full sun. Plants here in Oklahoma is what I need info on. I like blue leaf plants in a light blue flowering plants. Thank you so much love your channel.
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What a great video. Very informative and a pleasure to watch.
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Thanks for a very informative / enjoyable video.
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Brilliant tips, many thanks
Thank you, enjoyed the video.
I bought a hydrangea once and my dad planted them in our garden where we had condensed soil....they survived but not well because it was more of a clay dirt. Then we thought they totally died because we didn't know how to properly take care of them😭
They really are absolutely stunning.
This year I will buy a new one and plant them carefully.
Thank you so much your video was very insightful and full of great info.
Thank you!