How to Choose and Plant Hydrangeas - This Old House

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1. He walked straight on the bed compacting the soil. I'm sure your not mentioned to do that.
2. Also, they grow super easy from cuttings. Plenty of good videos on them. I live in the North East and have the mophead version, this summer I stuck four cuttings (from new growth if planting from cuttings in summer, old if planting in winter) straight in the ground, no rooting hormone. Two of them lived and are thriving. Just remember to water every day if it's hot, water often or start them in a cup of water till you see roots. There are some videos on that too.
3. Around blacks, never relax.
4. Could the plant that was taken out survive if replanted?
5. Gosh, she whines alot...
6. Great video with looks of good info. Disregard the blow hards who are telling you to do it "right". Maybe they should do a video since they are the true professionals.
7. I am disappointed that you add soil amendments, especially super phosphate, without doing a soil test to see what is actually needed. Phosphate is hurting our waterways, and using it willy-nilly is senseless and irresponsible. Also, doing a soil pH test would have shown whether the hydrangea would have remained blue or not, without needing to use chemicals. You have a large viewership, please be responsible in what you teach!
   Here are some useful links for those interested in soil/amendment science: https://puyallup.wsu.edu/lcs/.
8. Any suggestions on how to keep the deer away from the Hydrangeas?
9. thank you for the little extra information I was looking for.
10. Amazing video! Thanks!
11. Beautiful! thank you so much,
12. 紫陽花
13. Gaaaahhhden centaaas
14. Cheaper to winter-protect than to buy a new plant that size. Now videos about that would blow people's minds! Blooms of ES and cousins are fine but the whole spectrum of colored mophead hydrangeas are worth some protection to get to see flowers. You can also overwinter in cold garages/basements large containers to be brought out and set in and above-ground. And you can also dig up and pile the plants on themselves in a pyramid under a tarp for winter so they self-insulate. Tricks, tricks, tricks!
15. My hydrangeas like her not brooming, but I find out that because I prone them. Hydrangeas don't like to prone.
16. Very informative video! You have a beautiful flower bed by the way.
17. Hi Lily. Dead heading is after flowers turn old and ready to falls off and need to cut it off to encourage more flowers bud to comes out. Pruning means to cut branches to control the size of the plants which is never do that in the fall only do it in late winter or early spring.
    Wilting means it's need more water and leafs turn yellow and falls off means over water. Hydrangea like moisture and never wet. If your hydrangea soil feel wet but wilting because of drainage issue, because water is not reaching its root even feel wet on the surface. It is very important that you must dig a hole twice the size of the root ball, especially drainage problem. To plant hydrangea successfully you should mix 10%compost, 3% of native soil and the rest is soil from the bags. No matter what zone are you in hydrangea naturally need to be in the shade but very bright light, if sun maybe couple hours is max. Good luck!
18. Thank you for such important information. Lots of people try to figure out why their plants are not blooming and it's because they are just out of their zone. That's the perfect plant for her.And  lot of us