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!
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!!😉
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.
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.
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.
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!
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.
@@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.
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! 😊
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.
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!
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!
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.🍁🍂
You are the best gardening thing on RU-vid! 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!
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.
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.
"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 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?
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.
: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?
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.
"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 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 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!
"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 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
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!
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...
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 💚
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.
Thanks for this Alexandra 😊 I’ve just started my hydrangea collection (only got three so far, but I reckon I’ll need another 5/6 or so) and this video gives me confidence in terms of looking after them. Cheers!
"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?
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! ❤️
: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 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?
Another excellent informative video. I love visiting Signature/Golden Hill when hydrangea's are in full bloom, the choice of cultivars is overwhelming.
I love oakleaf & lacecap hydrangeas. They are my favorites. I have several in my yard & multiple in containers. The only one I don’t have is the smooth hydrangeas. I don’t care for their big flowering blooms. They also tend to flop due to their bloom size which I don’t care for.
Very interesting, for the last 5 years I’ve been cutting them back mid Oct. November and they just shoot up like crazy in the spring and flower all summer. I usually cut them back 14” from ground. I will fertilized them soon. Have about 14 ft of them. White types. Excellent video. June 10, 2021 Montreal Canada Cheers 🇨🇦
🇨🇦🇨🇦 fellow Canadian here 😊 I'm just discovering hydrangeas and am in love with their beauty!!! Sadly 😢 I think I just cut it back to far , I didn't realize, I'm in new Brunswick, hubby is from Montreal QC 🙋♀️cheers
As this is a universal RU-vid video may I suggest that if you do another video please consider this when saying best times of year for pruning, planting etc that you only say the season time like plant in spring or prune in autumn. This way each country and Timezone can know exactly the time of year to plant worldwide by the seasons reference. Cheers thanks so much as this was fabulously informative. From Australia
"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 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?
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
: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?
Thank you, and sorry to be late replying to this - I sometimes don't get to see RU-vid comments on older videos until they pop up in my 'Comments you havent responded to' file, which they seem to take a while to get to.
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 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?
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!
: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 educational video on hydrangeas! I learned so much. Mostly that my macrophylla is a more shade happy plant and I have it in full sun. Haha I absolutely love individual plant videos and would love to see more. 👍
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.
i agree this is a detailed explanation for a variety, but im still confused as to which one i have. im thinking it is a Japanese variety, and ive only had 1 blossom. ive read pervious video that stated NOT to trim back, but this hasn't even worked. its located in the sun. ive misplaced the ticket that it arrived with. this was a gift.
Wonderful video. I have a few different types but some leaves on all of them have leaves that are curling like they are try. I water every evening and will water twice a day as the weather gets better
;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 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?
Thank you for your informative video. I live in equatorial Malaysia but we do grow mopheads on the highlands. These however do not bloom in the lowlands where I am. Still, I'm very happy to be able to have the lowland cultivar which resembles the mopheads in my garden that blooms all year long. They have droopy stems that need to be staked and don't do well in direct sun. But they certainly are an envy to those who admire but can't seem to get them growing here.
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.
Hi there, I am trying to findout what type of hydrangea I have because I need to learn this first to know how to care for it, so pleased to find you on RU-vid. I hope you are keeping safe and well? Kind regards to you from southeast England. Maureen
