We just planted two of these here in zone 6b after much debate on which Hydrangea to choose, but thanks to your video we decided to go with Pinky Winky. Thank you.
I think you will be really happy with how easy-care Pinky Winky Hydrangeas are, Carl! They are still my favorite, even with the other varieties I have. If they’re small, you won’t have to prune them this Spring. I have a video on whether or not to prune “young” hydrangeas recently planted, and I also have a pruning video on how I prune Pinky Winky hydrangeas when the time comes for you to prune them. I hope these videos also are helpful. Please keep me posted on how you like them, and if you have any questions - just ask! 🌸
@@Carl-iw9sy I don't think they'll need any pruning, maybe just inspect the ends of the stems -- I show this in my "you may not need to prune your young hydrangeas video. 👍🌸
My pleasure Kim! 😊 I hope your Pinky Winkies are doing well this year so far! (I just added a new video specifically about how to grow and care for them too, in case you're interested.) ❤
Thank you so much for the feedback, Chris! Sometimes I stare at the garden and only see what’s wrong. 🙃🙂 So I appreciate your comment. Stay tuned as there’s more to come!
Welcome to Garden Sanity Theresa! (And waving to you from southern New Jersey!) Thanks so much for your compliment. 😊 Glad to have you here and I hope you'll jump into the comments from time to time, as we all help each other "grow" literally!
Hey SJ NJ garden neighbor! 🙋♀️ You’re Pinky Winky’s are GORGEOUS! I bought and planted 6 of these to replace a dead arborvitae hedge ( all the arborvitae’s died in my neighborhood) And so your video answered a lot of my questions. My main concern was that, they wouldn’t turn pink 😮 Some say that the pink varieties of hydrangeas do not always turn to their pink color..have you ever encountered this problem?
Hi fellow southern NJ neighbor! 👋 And apologies for my delay in responding! I hope your own Pinky Winky shrubs are filled out and starting on their wonderful flower show! Mine are just starting with some white flowers, with all of this extreme heat we've been having. Yours will turn pink - no worries! Unlike other varieties of panicle hydrangeas - which are very dependent on the night temperatures being cool enough - Pinky Winky shrubs have no problems going from white...to pink and white...to eventually all pink in the Fall. 👍 In fact, I just was checking if I missed any comments here, because my latest video is a complete guide to growing and caring for Pinky Winky Hydrangeas, and this is one of the questions I answered. 😊 Let me know how yours are doing so far!
Thank you so much Lilliana! I have a newer garden tour that shows just how pink these hydrangeas have become this year now that it is Fall! Hope you enjoy! 🍂🍃🌺
Looking so pretty! My drift roses are doing amazing. Just like my one and only knockout they are putting out continuous blooms, sometimes more than others but there's always flowers on them. Nobody told me just how much a geranium would grow in half a season!
Thanks and hope your Summer gardens are doing great! Yes, I’m definitely a fan of my drift roses mainly because they rebounded from severe rabbit damage! 🤣 I’m amazed at how pretty they are! Do you deadhead your drift roses? I haven’t had to yet, although I could snip a few. Which type of geranium did you buy?
@@GardenSanity I do when I get a wild hair but they continue to bloom regardless. Don't they smell good? I bought a quart of Rozanne and I'd estimate it's probably at least 4' wide now
@@truthofthematter9409 That's actually what I love about Geranium Rozanne! It covers so much! However, when I cut back just that one plant, my heart sunk when I realized now I had an open blank space. Nuts! And yes -- the drift roses smell sooooooooooo good!! I think I might like them better than the Knock Outs!
Looks great! I love having stray flowers winding their way through other plants. I run some clematis vines through the branches of a low growing juniper. It looks amazing in bloom.
Thanks Will! Your clematis going through your juniper sounds like such a wonderful combination. Such a great idea! Which type of clematis do you have? (I don’t have any…yet, but am thinking about getting one.)
@@GardenSanity I’m not sure. It’s a light purple rebloomer that came with the house. It’s a beast next to the mailbox with 50+ vines. So I had to tuck some around the blue juniper just to get them out of the way. I like it better like this.
@@willaerley7140 Wow -- over 50 vines?!? Amazing! You know there are people who have trouble growing this? And you have the opposite "problem" it seems! 😀
Hi Love & Light -- Fall is a great time to plant these shrubs -- mid-September is exactly when I first planted mine. If you do a search on Google for Pinky Winky Hydrangea, and then hit the "shopping" tab at the top of the search results, you'll see where you could order a Pinky Winky via online nurseries. I've ordered plants online, including panicle hydrangeas, with luck. In fact, I just noticed that Proven Winners is selling them direct from their website right now. I've ordered from them with good results. The plants you get will be small -- but if you get them in the ground now, they will be great next Spring. These are fast growers and heavy bloomers, so you are sure to have a wonderful show next season, although the shrubs might not achieve their full-size growth just yet. I hope these options help! I think everyone should have one of these! 🌸
Hi Linda -- Little Limes -- I have them also -- bloom a bit later than Pinky Winky hydrangeas, so mine still have the lime color too. The parts of the shrub that are in full sun seem to be turning white already, so I think it is only a matter of time. I hope this helps!
I've just bought a pinky winky and I love the orange rocket Berberis with it. It compliments it so well. I think I'm going to have to buy one of those too. How old are yours in the video and have they grown much since you bought them? Would you say they grow fast? That's the impatient gardener in. me haha! Also do you prune them?
My Pinky Winkies were planted in 2014, and I added the Orange Rockets in 2016. They were small shrubs, probably about two feet tall when planted. I think they have grown nicely but not aggressively over the past six years. They grow taller rather than wide. I haven’t given them any pruning other than trimming a branch here or there. I considered pruning them this year, but haven’t done so yet. I want to tidy them up and reduce their size just a bit. But it isn’t really necessary. I love the combination and am so glad that you do too! These are both easy-care, and so pretty well into the Fall. The barberry gets pretty red berries in Winter that the birds love too! ❤️ I hope this helps! 🙂
I have some and I prune them because I was told that they flower in new wood.Yours are an spectacle 😍,gorgeous! I' ll stop prunning at least half of them and see what happens
@@mariavillaverde2066 Hi Maria -- yes I prune my Pinky Winky Hydrangeas too -- every Spring. I have a video listed above in the Description area (below the video) where you can click the link and watch! It's wonderful that they flower on new wood -- it makes everything so easy not having to worry about "old wood" flowers! In the above comment, I was referring to not pruning my Orange Rocket Barberry shrubs, other than trimming a branch here or there. I hope I wasn't confusing! 🙂🌿
Thanks for your question, but I don't have either of those shrubs in my gardens. I only make videos of what I currently grow, as I can speak honestly and realistically about my own experience growing what is in my garden beds. A brief Google search showed me that one has flowers while the other doesn't, and that the heights are different. One can be full sun while the other is partial to full sun. Best suggestion for you is to make a list of features of one of the two plants, then look up the other one to compare those features on the internet. That should help you with your decision. Happy gardening! 🙂
I just found your Channel. May I ask how many year is your Pinky Winky… so beautiful. I was wondering should I buy the 1 gallon or 5 gallons one . Thank you for sharing.
Hi Cindy, these four Pinky Winky Hydrangeas were planted in the Fall of 2014. I'm guessing each was about two years old in their nursery buckets, so these are probably about 10 years old now. These were definitely the larger size. The only reason to go with the larger size is the plants are more established so will transplant easier, in my opinion. They grow fast each year, despite pruning them down to about 3 feet in the Spring. I know the large size is more expensive, but I do think you'll have an easier time with the shrub(s) getting established. (Not trying to spend your money!) 🙃🙂 On the other hand, purchasing smaller shrubs is easier on the wallet, and those shrubs will catch up in roots and growth within probably two years easily. Let me know what you decide!
Hi Sammy -- yes, you did ask previously. I remembered, but it took me awhile to find where you asked and I answered! It's in the comments under this video and I hope this helps! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-y3G90y16M5o.html
Hi Jason - Pinky Winky is a panicle hydrangea, and panicle hydrangeas love an acid-based soil. So the best fertilizer to use is an organic, slow-release, acid-based one. The one I use is Holly-tone by Espoma. Just once a year in Spring after pruning is all I do. I hope this helps! 🌸👍
Thanks for asking! I have two pinky winky hydrangeas growing on each side of the crepe myrtle tree in that center bed. These four Pinky Winkies were planted in early Fall 2014. I can't believe it's been that long already! 😅 You can see how they look now in the Fall -- they are so pink this year -- in my latest video showing my panicle hydrangeas after five days of non-stop rain. Hope you enjoy! 🌺💚
Hi Jessica! You can hear me talk in detail about their height in my new video about how to grow and care for Pinky Winky. If you scroll back up to the Description Box above these comments, you’ll find the link to that video in the Related Videos section. (It also pops up at the end of this video.) 👍😀🌸
Thanks for the question, Sangeeta! We planted these Pinky Winky shrubs in the Fall of 2014, and my guess is they were already at least two years old in their growing pots from the nursery, so possibly around 10 years old. (I'm shaking my head at how time flies!)
Hi Linda, these four Pinky Winky shrubs are approximately 10 years old. We planted them in Fall 2014, and my guess is they were about 2 years old already, i.e. in the nursery planter pots they came in. 🌸
