How to Choose and Plant Hydrangeas | Ask This Old House
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- Опубликовано: 1 ноя 2014
- This Old House landscaping contractor Roger Cook discusses how to choose and plant hydrangeas. (See below for a shopping list and tools.)
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I love how he says "hey" and proceeds to walk right through her garden bed never even looking at her. gotta get to those plants!
6:05 😂 he’s ripping that big bush outta the ground with all his might! Nancy is like, ok.
There’s your blue flower, Nancy! Are you happy, Nancy? Are you happy now?!
Lol
He'll no she wasnt....nancy is the type of customer that will call you 2 years later and complain its not what she wanted
Ozzy Bee my new slogan “if you’re picky don’t call me I’m picky enough”
Shame on the garden store that sold her a hydrangea that couldn't even flower in her area. Learned a lot on this video. Thanks.
They sell them here (zone 5) as houseplants.
I got one I just realized that. I need to move mine as well.
Yeah, we need to be careful. Some hydrangeas bloom on old wood and some bloom on new wood.
@@ejohnson3131What does old wood new wood mean?
@@curenfih
Old Wood - Buds will begin in early fall (2019) and will flower/bloom in mid-spring (2020.) Basically, 6 months till they bloom.
Prune right after the flowers have fallen off or before August and September.
New Wood - Buds will begin in spring (2020) and will flower/bloom in late-spring (2020.)
Prune late in winter (2020) or very early spring (2021).
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
Really miss Roger, so much energy and personality, truly a unique gentleman. His replacement not so great.
Yeah, the new cast has zero personality. I don't know who picked them, but I won't be watching once Tom, Kevin, and Richard are gone.
This is good information for replanting any large plant. I had a hydrangea blooming in a pot last year but this year I want to put it permanently in the ground.
Very informative video! You have a beautiful flower bed by the way.
God bless that accent. Also, why are garden centers selling plants no good for her zone??
what is wrong with her accent? ;-)
That's what happens when you buy from Home Depot. Shop at a local nursery instead.
@@Rodoriginal101 i think he meant the guy's accent lol.
"There's ya bloo flowah."
*Shows purple flower*
Helping discussion about planting zones. Another hydrangea that probably would have worked in zone 5 is the Oakleaf Hydrangea. The foliage is so colorful and interesting that the creamy flowers that come later are almost a lovely afterthought. Kilgore-Lewis House in Greenville, SC has a lovely stand of oakleaf hydrangeas by the pond.
Before planting out any plants, to give them the best start, always give your shrubs and perennials a good water while still in the pot. And another good drink after planting to settle the roots and the soil.
For the first time planting a hydrangea this video gAme tons of info
So, did her plant ever bloom the next year? Were the flowers blue? I need answers haha
like the way roger explains things.
I hope they sent that healthy and beautiful hydrangea to a zone 8.
I am wondering why they sold it in the wrong zone anyway..? :/
Probably spent all that time and effort digging it up , then when the camera stopped put it on a bonfire !.
No way. That is an expensive plant.
Jessica Brooks - it was probably on display inside a garden store as a houseplant.
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.
Jim Jim
Can i replant if have a store bought pot?
Wow, great information on the hydrangeas 👍🏼
Will the root grow under pipes and break them? You're so good at giving information thanks
Great video with lots 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.
Amazing video! Thanks!
Love this channel. I usually watch on PBS.
Really informative. Learnt a lot. Thanks
This was a cool video I enjoyed it I saw some of these at Walmart and I was about to buy them they were $5 a plant and I didn't buy him cuz I don't know nothing about them I didn't know they come back year after year that's cool
Big job to transplant a bush. well done.
Don't get too excited there Nancy
Or involve yourself too much!!
Well it wasn’t what she wanted
@@earthbound2772 to help with the labour? You can see that she wasn't happy that she had to help
That should be, "Don't get too excited there, Nancy."
A free gift of knowledge for you!
Nancy was probably inwardly excited for the Hydrangea, but she was probably camera shy knowing she would be on TV or maybe a little nervous. She is a real life individual and not an TV actor. However, five years later I bet that Hydrangea has really grown. I think we would see the smile on her face today as she sees the beautiful Hydrangea as it appears now. So Nancy, how is that Hydrangea doing today?
EXCELLENT lesson.♥️🌷
watched a couple of this old house videos before, this one got my sub.
That hydrangea may be successful in her yard if moved to a sheltered location on the south side of her home, and if the above-ground portion of the plant is protected in winter.
Some of my plants I have to dig up every winter and keep them indoors, it's a pain tbh and they don't always come back. Too temperamental, it's a shame because I have some really nice ones but it's not worth the hassle.
Ty for sharing such great tips
Nancy regrets having signed up for the show.
Not her fault a dishonest nursery unloaded their product on a trusting customer. Shame on the nursery.
@@spoonfishing it anoys me when they do that, I have to search about every plant I want to buy now to make sure I'm in the right zone for it.
Beautiful! thank you so much,
OMG!! I swear to Rudy, my name is Frances Williams!!!!! There is a plant named after me??? and its beautiful!!! This just made my day, I can't believe I've never heard of this plant before. Stunning!!!
I have this plant , Matter of fact I have 3 of them in different soil, They are fairly new (2nd) year..Be sure "NOT" to pull dead limbs off because they will be your next year "BLOOMS", Blooms won't come from new growth..Hope this helps..."TOO SEXY"..Cheers~
My dad is william francis .🍃
Sorry to break it to you, but the plant isn't named after you. You were named after the plant 😜.
@@toosexy7955 I don't know how I never saw your comment until now? Thank you, Too Sexy!!!! :)
@@jackiefrancis3344 Cool! Ilike it!!
It's funny how even on garden videos people find a reason to say mean insulting things about others. lol humanity is in big trouble. Great cideo learned something I never knew
What is insulting about the New England accent? It's good hearted humor. Lighten up snowflake.
Allington Marakan HAHAHAHA 😂
Missy Lynn
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Humanity is in trouble because some people on the internet are mean?
@@iPickBadUsrnames Yes, among other reasons.
I’m the “it’s good to see Roger doing better” guy.
You can buy flowas at yaw gaden centa (yankee accent).
Allington Marakan LOL
It’s a Boston/Massachusetts accent!!!! How dare you confuse that vile “y” word with the great Bostonians!
@@iPickBadUsrnames Their all communist up there now anyway.
I'm a yank I dont have that Boston accent.
Yankee accent? There's a lot of different accents in the US. Like the UK should be talking! Some of your accents are indiscernible and with missing teeth, it's impossible to understand what you're saying.
Hydrangea sargentiana is one of my favourite plants.
Garden centres are not soil experts they are just sellers. We all need to do homework before buying plants, environment, area and soil have to come into consideration before blaming it all to a garden centre. Read the label though to see how big, wide or small a plant can grow. Nice tips guy about hydrangea 👍👍.
Speak for yourself. I have a degree in Landscape horticulture and I work in garden center. Don't make automatic assumptions about people that work in garden centers.
Damn this guys stepping all over the plants.
Crotch Banister he definitely has a bull package there
I have a BigLeaf Hydrangea “Let’s Dance Diva” it starts to bloom in the spring but the leaves and the flowers get brown dry brittle spots on the leaves and the blooms don’t open but get the brown spots and don’t open. Help!
thank you for the little extra information I was looking for.
i feel so bad for you with those hydrangeas . i live in orlando and i have the opposite issue to hot. but worked out with oak leaf hydrangeas
I had 2 Niko Blue hydrangeas in zone 5 at a previous house. Every year I cut them back to the ground in early spring. Regardless, they grew to about 3 feet tall, bloomed profusely. So, in my experience, they can and DO bloom on new wood. Nancy should have just tried hard pruning in spring, it would have bloomed just fine. The advantage of getting the new cultivars for colder zones is that the shrubs will probably get taller.(since hard pruning would not be necessary to get rid of winter kill)....so not a total waste.;-)
Why could she just not cover it in the winter?
Mighta just got lucky. I had same ones in zone 5, cut them to the ground as well but never got blooms just green leaves.
I wish I had so much knowledge on flowers to build my mother a garden sucks when you have large yard but no color
I'm sure you gained plenty of knowledge (and maybe even some ideas for her yard) from this video
I have a 50 plus year old one and I want to extend it looking for a video on how to transplant.?
Thank you for not killing the other plant.
I’m looking for what sun they need... what side of the house they should be on...?
I just love mop head hydrangeas
Well I started watching this cause I have the exact same problem with the hydrangea that I bought 4 of about 4 years ago from Home Depot where is zone 6. I looked it up after he talked to her about the problem. Well, i'm in St. Louis and it is zone 6. None of my 4 have EVER HAD ONE BLOOM SINCE PLANTING THEM! They were full of blooms when I bought them. So.....was that REALLY THE PROBLEM????
Wonder what happened to the hydrangea and how the new one looks now!
Does anybody no how much sulphate of iron you should mix in soil to get your hydrangea back blue ? Much appreciated.
I bought three3 from QVC Cottage Farms and I have this exact problem. I do not advise buying from them.
Hello. Which hydrangeas can handle hot hot weather ?
What tipe of hydrangeas for st louis Missouri
What type of hydrangea best grow in zone 10a CA? Thank you for sharing.
hydrangea snow white
How about Ga
I love Hydrangeas
Nyc Pink
I have a question. Should I cut the flowers off of a newly potted Hydragea?
No, just cut them back after they die. Down to the first set of leaves.
Wife likes hydrangeas we have a couple. Can somebody tell me do hydrangeas tolerate being dug up and replant it in a different location? What's the best time of year to do that if that's the case.
Thank you
Rxonmymind To Yes, matured Hydrangeas can be transferred to a more favorable zone in your garden, as long as the zone is conditioned to meet Hydrangeas growth requirements. Moreover, make sure you're decisive to the relocation cause most plants develop impairment (growth stunt, stress, nute burns, root rot) from multiple transplantations.
Ideally, you should transplant when it's in vegetative stage rather bloom. Spring should be fine, even though it's bloomed. Just for future references, vegetative stage. 🔌
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Much appreciated. I can wait till winter when not in bloom.
My new hydrangeas has gotten hit with a late frost. Before this some green was starting to appear. Now nothing. help. Should I cut it back?
Mary McDonald cut back and no flower will be left.....if u live colder than 6, just choose endless summer or smooth hydrengea. they ll flower on new growth
if u live in warmer regions just let the frost kill the leaves, the buds will be saved anyhow
that blue flower though..
What can I use to make the soil more acidic for blue blumes? Thank you !
Lori Fitzgerald-Leger
Peat
The best option is Ammonium sulfate, which is a natural product and available at most garden centres. Though peat is also highly acidic, it only works as an acidifier in certain soil types. In clay soil it's no good.
good
Great but do deer eat these flowers?
Could the plant that was taken out survive if replanted?
Yes Indeed, I don't put anything in mine when replanted & they will thrive as well as ever, You can drown NEW replanted plants with fertilzer or chemicals, Fertlize later on after established...Pardon my spellin', I'm not from USA but have homes here..LOVE MY PLANTS!
Sure, that plant is fine. I just dug up three hostas and put an ad on Craigslist for free hostas and at least 10 people emailed me wanting them. Some people are really into saving plants.
Did you try taking a piss on it every Friday night? Works for mine in Ontario. 😄
Gaaaahhhden centaaas
lol
The737Man 2 years later still funny
Lol. I had to stop watching. Can't take that accent.
The737Man HAHA
The737Man LOL
What I dont get tho is I have those blue ones she had and it DOES flower just not every year. Why is that?
KENNEDY the Cosmetologist sometimes you prune it so hard or the winter sometimes is too cold so that nature prunes off the flower for ya
Why would the garden center sell a hydrangea not suitable for that zone?
I just got a house built in the 40s so I am looking for flowers for my yard.
A CD
Hidrangeas 👏
What’s the best fertilizer to use?
Hollytone works great on my hydrangeas
She looked so sad as he pulled her plant away on the tarp
yeah, honestly she could have protected it
Bagsy tbh I wouldn’t mind it
I baut em from the gawden senna close to mey...Home Depow....
Like he actually knew that information out the back of his head 😂
Hector Blanco He is a garden & landscape contractor... he should..
Am I a dreamer to think I could have these beauties in Arizona? 9b zone??🤔
Lisa Ylot sadly it’s too hot. I’m in zone 7 (southern heat and humidity) and they stress out even in shade in high summer.
I m live in Edmonton can it’s grow in here
You are a zone 2 or 3. Your best bet is to go to the local garden center and see what they stock. In general they will stock what will grow. www.richters.com/Zones/nazones.jpg
If a plant has a hill wut will I do
Nancy is cool.
thank you!
Great video! Nice lady!!!! Gardeners we are better than our country's politicians. Be kind to each other-please :)
It's not how it works, hydrangea don't change their colour for the type of soil (acidic, alcaline) but for certain nutrient (iron, manganese, etc.) They prefer acidic soil but the colour can be changed by adding those nutrient
Where did that hydrangea end up? I would be SO upset if someone dug up that plant!
just cover it with leaves for the winter
Hortensia.....
Nancy sure has got camera appeal😇. I get exhausted just listening and watching her.
What a great GAAADEN
If you want big beautiful flowers.....Water! Fertilizer!
What happened 2 the hydrangea they had 2 dig up?
Gardeners, they do anything to get what they want.
Flower gardens aren't considered hard work, You will get rewarded with a lil' tender loving care!
staarrraaa fertiliza Nancy, here is your blue flawaaa
Good video! I liked it. Actually, I uploaded a video about Shimoda Hydrangea Festival in Japan. Do you want to watch it?
Any suggestions on how to keep the deer away from the Hydrangeas?
A rifle would work.
+B Cook 😂😂😂
XDD
Plant "MARIGOLDS", All around them & nothing will bother them, Bugs & pests HATE MARIGOLDS, I also grow them in my veggie garden.
Eek! Compacting the soil by walking in your beds! I grow Nikko blues in zone 4. You have to add a little bit of sulphur to insure the blooms stay blue. Mine usually grow more blue but there is always some pink. If you don't get a lot of snow cover wrap it in burlap and you'll be fine. I would NEVER have dug out that Hydrangea. It was just getting well established.
WOW, what an awesome and informative video! Sorry that the comments by curlyarax and Charles Damery are so negative! They failed to see the primary benefits of the video.
I am fairly new at gardening and search out information for each plant I like and want for my garden and I am in Texas visiting my daughter and her family. My daughter always says "she doesn't have a green thumb." She loves Hydrangea's and has been asking her hubby for years to get her one. We were at a local home Depots garden center several days ago and she saw one with 2 beautiful pink globe like flowers on it and he told her to help get it into the cart! She about fell over, LOL. Anyway, along with it, he purchased a bag of potting soil, Miracle Grow. He planted it in their garden with adding the purchased soil under and around it and I believe it is a H. macrophylla. The spot he planted it in receives primarily shade all day. He's a pretty good gardener as he helps his mother with her garden.
My question is, is this the right spot in the garden and soil for these 2 types? Too, what are your thought the product, "flower boost?"
I look forward to hearing your response to these questions.
You said "he is a a pretty good gardener". I agreed to that
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I didn't see/hear name of the one they purchased. If named, somebody please restate it for those of us who missed getting the variety or name. Thanks.
Nancy not happy lol
4:39 Yeah it's small, and cheap. but will grow
Pay 4x more and get a plant that will be 2x bigger and have a lower life span cause it hasn't acclimated.
Com on theaah Naaancy! Step haaaaard on the transpawting shovel. Use yaw heel; put some back inno it
Man, watching her work in the garden makes me think she didn't do all of the work originally. She can barely use a shovel.
The flowes are FWAT