Welcome to my hydrangea garden tour! Come take a stroll through my Hydrangea Garden Tour and discover the different types of hydrangeas and helpful tips for growing hydrangeas. If you follow me on instagram, then you know I promised to give you all a tour after our week of rain stopped. Well the sun came out and the hydrangeas are all looking amazing! I have a few photos for you to view, but for the full tour, please hit play on the video. In this video I will walk you though our backyard and explain the variety of 18 hydrangea bushes I have and give you some gardening tips I learned along the way.
We will stroll though the side yard and talk about the classic Endless Summer hydrangeas and how they have changed over the past decade. We will also discuss how acidity of the soil can effect the color of your hydrangea.
Hydrangeas make the most beautiful bouquets! These are called Blushing Bride hydrangeas and you will see the huge and gorgeous flower arrangement I made with them!
In the video you will learn about lacecap hydrangeas. These are some of my favorites! I feature the vast variety of lacecap hydrangeas in this video HERE.
You will get a peek or two at our pups, Aspen and Willow, who love to hide and play under the hydrangeas (and break and destroy)…. much to mommy’s displeasure.
And in this video you will see the vast variety of panicle and smooth hydrangeas, along with gardenias, camellias, roses and banana trees!
Press the arrow to PLAY VIDEO and take my Hydrangea Garden Tour!
Happy Gardening!
KIM
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These hydrangeas are just stunning! I grew up and lived most of my life in New England and one of the things I miss most is the ocean and the floral splendor. We would always vacation on the Cape and the beauty of the blue hydrangeas just blew my breath away. We still go back there and see them in the summer. I now live in Arizona and have dedicated a room in my home as “beachy” with most of the decor coming from shopping trips at the Cape and pictures taken of all the hydrangeas. I love your site – it warms my heart to be back to the seaside.
Kim your hydrangea’s are absolutely amazing.So beautiful
Oh my gosh thanks so much for sharing your hydrangeas! My instant reaction to the lacy (or whatever it was) hydrangea was it looked like the Faery Godmothers’ fight in Sleeping Beauty – just beautiful transitions of colours. I live in zone 2b so the best we can get is a peegee hydrangea that dies back every year but so far it has given me gorgeous dried blooms that are just the perfect colour of green to go in my “Green” room which is dedicated to the boreal forest of Canada. I also have a Caribbean room that I have mentioned here before. Our gardens are really coming out now but have another month before the day lilies start to bloom along with the brown-eyed Susans and hostas. Thank you again for a tour of your lovely garden; my husband (and I) love your dogs too so for him that was an added bonus to watch for the dogs.
Gorgeous Hydrangeas. The colors are incredible. When we lived in N.J. we had a huge hydrangea that changed colors. It started as a small plant in a 6″ pot. We now live in SWFL and unfortunately hydrangea do not grow well here. I think it’s the humidity. Friends have tried to grow them too. We do a a few banana plants from our next door neighbor who didn’t want them anymore. My husband tried the bananas, he said they did not taste good. But the plants grow well, they love our hit sun and humidity. Enjoyed your video and your pup’s.
I’m in love with all your hydrangea’s. So, here’s my question. My husband just bought me the most beautiful blue hydrangea, want o keep it blue. I’m going to transplant it into another container, but, in your opinion, what kinda of soil should I add to it, to keep it blue?
Thanks Kim.
Erin
Hi Erin!
Thank you so much! To keep them blue you can do some things naturally to increase the acidity of the soil, like adding lots of compost to amend the soil. You can also add peat moss to the soil too which is very acidic. If you want to use a chemical, then I recommend aluminum sulfate. It’s available at any garden center. It’s great for azaleas too! Hope that helps!
KIM
I’m in love with all your hydrangea’s. So, here’s my question. My husband just bought me the most beautiful blue hydrangea, want o keep it blue. I’m going to transplant it into another container, but, in your opinion, what kinda of soil should I add to it, to keep it blue? Also, I’m so jealous that your dogs don’t eat the gardenias. One of mine does, so none in the back for me.
Thanks Kim.
Erin
Despite the info offered here, the fact is that acidic soil ( low ph/7 will turn them pink. If you have acidic soil try adding lime and you will go from blue to purple to pink -sometimes all on the same bush- an especially neat trick with lace caps! Watering with a weak solution of vinegar water, or aluminum sulfate will acidify the soil and move the color to the blue side. Leftover dill pickle juice, coffee grounds and Epsoma for acid loving plants like azaleas and rhodies will also bring out the blue.
There are some cultivars of hydrangea that keep their color despite the soil ph. I have one called pinky winky that stays small and deep pink. The smooth leaved aborescence hydrangea that touts breast cancer awareness also stays pink. The PG panicle hydrangea- little limelight-goes from white to pale green to mauve over the season and it can be slowly limbed up to create a multi stem tree form! No pink or blue.
Regards, pat
Omg….loved your hydrangea tour…. hydrangea junkie here! My husband has “flagged me”” at least for now from buying more hydrangeas. We just re-did our front yard and bought 2 Lime Light hydrangeas to add to the 3 other Endless Summers the previous homeowners had planted. Anxious to see the Line Lights in bloom. (We’re outside Phila). Clueless as to how to prune them though…any thoughts?
Omg….loved your hydrangea tour…. hydrangea junkie here! My husband has “flagged me”” at least for now from buying more hydrangeas. We just re-did our front yard and bought 2 Lime Light hydrangeas to add to the 3 other Endless Summers the previous homeowners had planted. Anxious to see the Line Lights in bloom. (We’re outside Phila). Clueless as to how to prune them though…any thoughts?
I will move from MD to Greer, SC in mid Oct. Are there hydrangeas that will grow in full sun?
Where is the arrow for the video? I do not see it and would like to see the video tour. Thanks
Beautiful hydrangeas..live tue tour!! Thank you!! I have a hydrangea and is blooming beautiful. Just habe a question, my daughter has one and is green, but not blooming. It may not be in the sunniest of areas, but not bad. Has only had a couple of heard. Any ideas how to get it to bloom? Thanks!!
Beautiful hydrangeas..love live tour!! Thank you!! I have a hydrangea and is blooming beautiful. Just have a question, my daughter has one and is green, but not blooming. It may not be in the sunniest of areas, but not bad. Has only had a couple of years. Any ideas how to get it to bloom? Thanks!!
What fertilizer you are using you got a beautiful garden of hydrangea some of my hydrangea is dying and not blooming the canes still there am I suppose to take i out all those sticks I need your help thank you
Your hydrangeas are gorgeous! I believe the acidic soil turns hydrangeas blue and alkaline soil turns hydrangeas pink. Most of mine turn pink here in California due to the lack of acidity in my soil. I have to add coffee grounds if I want them to get more on the blue side. Those crepe myrtles are amazing! I’ve never seen any so big. Thanks for the tour.
Hydrangeas are my favorite, and yours are so beautiful!!! I have some of the Endless Summer variety in my backyard, even though the Texas heat is tough on them. Thanks for sharing these awesome photos with us. Unfortunately I was unable to watch the video — there was no arrow to press.
I dearly love hydrangeas and had many different types in my VA gardens. Unfortunately it is difficult to grow them in FL even though I am in the north FL. Thanks for sharing yours with me.
Hi Kim, your hydrangeas are soooo beautiful and gorgeous. Do you have any seed or baby plant for sale
wonderfull, l want you to coach me on this
I am loving all your hydrangea posts, especially photos that show big leaf and smooth leaf hydrangeas together. I am hoping I can create a similar impact along the woodland edge here, mixing the white Annabelles with a number of macrophyllas. I saw this at Gibbs Gardens, a public garden that you might like to check out. They have a lovely website as well as several different gardens on their property in North Georgia.
You said you weren’t an expert and I totally understand, we all learn by doing as we garden, like more shade equals fewer blooms on many of your hydrangeas…still beautiful by the way, however many blossoms appear. I actually like seeing greenery among the blossoms!
Please check out the impact on acid soil as everything i have read says that the acid soil results in blue hydrangeas…not pink. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrangea_macrophylla
Like you I have several different varieties, mostly divisions or cuttings from family and friends. I brought my mountain hydrangeas, Tiny Tuff Stuff from my home in Georgia and purchased a Limelight when I moved to Virginia in 2017. I have other paniculatas, the smooth Annabelles, an oakleaf from a friend, several big leaf, macrophylla’s from my sister and a lovely variegated lacecap from a friend in our new neighborhood…all kinds except the climbing one that I grew in Georgia…18 so far but places marked to add 7 more this fall or next spring. I can’t decide which ones are my favorites! Maybe the Annabelle by the creek, tied with the Tiny Tuff Stuff by the lower deck. Just hoping, with time, my will be as beautiful and prolific as yours.
I joined your email list but will enjoy browsing so much on your site. It’s evident you enjoy all you do…and love those sweet dogs. Take care! I’m laughing because this is so long but love talking gardening and so happy to find you.
Hi Donna!
Thank you so much for your generously kind comment! I appreciate your grace. As you already discovered, I’m certainly no expert and I went back, watched, and realized I completely said the opposite about pinks and blues. Please forgive me for conveying the wrong information. I’m learning as I go (obviously! HA!). You were so correct. My soil has a huge clay content which isn’t necessarily acidic or alkaline but does take on some acidic qualities.
The varieties you have in your yard are beautiful! It’s so nice when friends share cuttings, isn’t it? My little sister has a few “Princess Lace” lacecaps which I hope to propagate this summer and add to the yard. The flowers simply make me happy. Thanks again too for the website recommendations, I will be sure to check those out.
Have a lovely day,
KIM
Hi, love your garden, hydrangeas are second only to iris as my favorite. I’m from Va but have lived in South Florida since 79. I can’t grow bearded iris here and have had no luck with several hydrangeas in pots. Any advice on one that could stand heat and Sun of Fort Lauderdale. Thanks, Katie
i cannot find the link to play the video
Hi Mona!
I’m hearing that from a few people. Can you tell me if you are viewing on a phone or a laptop? The video is right below the super hot pink hydrangea photo. There is also a “My Latest Videos” right below the 1st photo that play automatically. It will show up there too.
First of all, your dogs are so darling! I also have a golden retriever…who gets into my gardens all the time. Your hydrangeas are stunning! I am loving all the fullness and the beautiful colors. Just last summer, our landscaper planted some hydrangeas in our yard. We finally have a fenced in area so the deer can’t get them. I’m not sure which type he planted – I should check on that. I think one type is limelight because they are cone shaped. They are doing fine and are coming in white and pink. I have two bushes of classic-looking hydrangeas which barely have any blooms on them yet… Then I have a bunch of bushes which hydrangeas that are blooming a light green color. The same thing happened last year. They look like they are “trying” to turn white but never quite make it and I can’t figure out why. They do get tons of sun…maybe too much. Any suggestions to get rid of the green color? Anyway, thanks for the lovely tour and tips!
Shelley