How to Plant a Hydrangea

[@KaitlyntheGardener]

“Don’t put the water around its neck and choke it,” combined with the hand movements and choking sound = perfection. So hilarious, yet so accurate. Love it! ❤

[@selw0nk]

Mulch not water.

[@rachelsgarden]

Pretty sure I’ll be talking to myself the next time I take a shrub out of a pot.. time to “tickle these a bit”!

[@huytruong2542]

fantastic video. I hate my clay soil till I watch your videos, and now I LOVE my clay soil. great to save water. I don't need to baby my plants with water all the time. thanks Jim.

[@HandcraftedintheFoothills]

Awesome! I just recently planted 2 Limelights. Congratulations on 200k😊

[@DrewSorensenMusic]

Wish I watched this yesterday. I just planted some encore azalea in drought stress. Fingers crossed they champ it out. Lol.

[@glendapeters8899]

I loved the "don't choke it demonstration"!!!

[@yourpathmatters]

I have hardly heard about hydrangeas this year. Love it and I also love their color sensitivity to the acidity of the soil.

[@8helenjhouston8]

No complaints about a prolonged Spring from me in eastern NC! It is lovely not to transition from cold to hot in a few days - LOOOOng may it last!

[@Melanietucker]

This is so helpful when you show your tips with the shovel for how high to plant the hydrangea. Thank you for your knowledge and sharing it!

[@kso808]

Striking combo of bloom and foliage colors!

[@suzannebartow6390]

My favorite hydrangea, so happy that you too love it. Nice to see this one showcased.

[@JennJenn9]

Great video all around! 😊 Appreciate the succinct summary of various hydrangeas and also planting tips applicable to a variety of plants

[@rebeccawoods4488]

Thank you for being so thorough, thank you for the close-ups, and also the pictures. It is so helpful to me!

[@cocob6849]

Thanks for that tip about holding off planting while in bloom. I think that's excellent advice. It just may save all of the full bloom hydrangea I've collected for Mother's Day already! ☺️🥂

[@evie6811]

Do you know when you're supposed to plant them then? I have 4 plants in bloom I planned to plant today...should I keep them in their pots until fall?

[@cocob6849]

@@evie6811 You can plant them but be prepared to baby them until established. I have one in a pot that I kept for almost a year - just dug a hole big enough for the bottom of the pot to sit in until I was ready to plant in ground. Good luck to you - whatever you decide, they'll do fine! 😁

[@jomassey4207]

Great soil you have. I've just transplanted a mini hydrangea but seeing how carefully you planted yours, I'm going to have to redo it. It was originally in a very hot, dry place and was suffering.....so I'm sure it will start to thrive in its new place. Thanks, Jo. (New Zealand)

[@RichardGilbert2727]

Jim, per your magic shovel, I'm on my second one trying to duplicate it-and think I finally got it. The first was too heavy and overbuilt. What's nice is my new Truper 31348 Tru Pro 47-Inch Trenching Shovel, 5-Inch Blade. It has an ash handle which is fairly light, but could be shortened a bit, or replaced with a lightweight fiberglass model. The head is sturdy but not overly heavy. I got it from Amazon. Per hydrangeas, I just planted three more today, White Wedding, and then came inside to see I'd just missed these instructions! But having followed you, I had watered them last night, and I scratched apart the root balls' sides, cut off the bottom, and planted them a bit high, etc. I've had trouble finding White Wedding and finally mail-ordered mine from Home Depot, which has send me excellent plants. These White Weddings were shipped from Southern Living HQ in Loxley Alabama, according to the box.

[@jeremiah6429]

I’m so glad you’re planting this type. I can’t wait to see how it progresses in your landscape I bought this type of hydrangea ‘Miss Saori’ about 3 years ago….and for some reason it keeps dying to the ground every year. Im in ENC zone 8a. I’m about to rip it out .

[@baciausenkil6307]

Thank you very much for the tip. I stay over here in Chapel Hill, North Carolina and I have the supreme Marriott hydrangeas. 4:17

[@sammysworld5485]

I grow seven hydrangeas in containers only. 2 large limelight’s, 2 mountain, firelight tidbit, little mauvette & Boho hydrangea. The only one planted in the ground is a pink Gatsby oakleaf hydrangea. If I had the garden space they would all be in the landscape. Can’t get enough of them.

[@meganc3090]

Hi! I just bought my first Hydrangeas (2) and want to keep them in pots as well. What size pot do you use for yours? Mine are currently still in the pots they came in, but I plan to buy nicer ones for them.

[@sammysworld5485]

@@meganc3090 Hi Megan. The size of pots depends on the size of the plant you got. In other words I only plant in a container one to two size up. No bigger. You can size up as they grow. Always sticking to this same rule. Hope this helps.

[@meganc3090]

@@sammysworld5485 that does help! Thank you

[@mayarada2059]

Absolutely beautiful Hydrangea flowers plants , such a great job you have done .

[@riflegurlsmom]

I just discovered you and you are great - so helpful! Thanks, Jim.

[@rnguyen2516]

I truly love the colors and textures of your garden, Jim. I really like the shovel handle as an example of how high to plant things. What did you fertilize the ground with earlier in the season? I learn so much from you!

[@dia9491]

I’ve never seen Miss Saori hydrangea but I want it! Lol I love hydrangeas and my yard is just not the place for them. My Let’s Dance Can Do hydrangea survived one of the worst sun burns I’ve ever seen last year and it’s come back beautifully. I decided to try a panicle hydrangea that I cannot remember the name of and a classic blue which isn’t going to bloom this year, it got damaged in the freeze. I wish I could grow them better but my yard so far has too much sun for them.

[@evakinney3152]

Hydrangeas Plus sells them.

[@sviatlanavolhina]

Thank you very much. Video is on time 😂. My Miss Saori is on the way, ordered plant online, didn't found locally.

[@bjsikorski3271]

I just got one from brookgreen gardens is a rosy splendor looks similar to yours 🎉

[@sandramulchahey8268]

Great video, I always learn something

[@hansdelconte7008]

Great video! Beautiful garden!

[@TippyTeapots]

“Long sleeve shirts days at 65 degrees.” Me in Maine like….65 degrees I’d have to be in shorts that’s hot! 🥵 😂

[@annwoleben5439]

Thank you for a very helpful video.

[@davidherzing1496]

Do you have any videos on how to tree up a hydrangea? I really like that idea

[@WardCastle]

He does! He tree forms a paniculata in a video called “How to Tree Form a Shrub” from 2021. There is an update video from like a year later. Great info in both of those.

[@nelitahanus6650]

Mr. Putnam, we are new to the area, having moved here from Southern Nevada seven months ago. I fell in love with Hydrangeas as soon as I saw them. I bought four of them at a Farmers Market in Greensboro, not knowing what I was getting. I just planted them on the west side of the house so, they get, intense, full force sun in the afternoon. Then I stumbled across your channel. Now I know, from watching you, that one of them is a Paniculata, pruned to a tree shape. The other three are Macrophylla. Two of the Macrophylla handle the afternoon sun well, but the other one severely wilts, only to rejuvenate itself by morning. My question is this: could I relocate the one that struggles now (mid-June in Statesville NC) or wait until Fall? I intend to put it on the East side where it will get good morning sun and be shaded in the afternoon.

[@jessicafinney7021]

Hello From Indiana! I’m new to hydrangeas, and despite doing research beforehand, I am failing my hydrangeas! Just saw your video, and I am fairly certain I transplant shocked my already blooming Endless Summer variety hydrangeas. I also don’t think I loosened my roots enough. What can I do now to help them? Should I dig them up and loosen the roots? They are wilting by afternoon but not really recovering much in the evenings, despite me being very conscious of water amounts. I planted them on the north side of the house like my nursery told me to, but they are not tolerating the full sun like they “should” be. Thanks for your help!

[@judymckerrow6720]

Thanks Jim. 🌷💚🙃

[@lisadolan689]

Excellent info. Thank you for your efforts 🙏☺️ Cairns. Far North Queensland. Sub tropical/tropical

[@dianasmith6254]

Which nursery did you buy your hydrangea at? I'm having a hard time finding the Miss Saori. Thanks!!

[@RootyToot123]

That is what happens to my sun coleus or at least one of them. I suppose I need to move it away from the brick wall. The sun can stress these big leaf plants to wilting so how does high humidity play into this picture? This is something you can go over again and again and again.

[@myopinionismine999]

Good Info

[@jomeyer13]

i want to plant on the west side in slight shade of a small tree somewhat blocking sunshine from south... and is next to the house foundation. I already have a annabelle further down in the corner of the house. at same area... it is the original blue or pink one according to acidic. It doeesnt do well inside during the winter. I could try it in the porch. zone four wisc i could do the east side where there are more annabelle. just less roon there... right now it got too dry and the leaves got redish... not blooming much cause of all it has been through. i think i might plant in cool august after i aclimate it to the sunlight.

[@evaprineavellanosa8677]

hi you have an amazing flower garden. may I know what are those names of flower plants?

[@RayIniego]

Hello, kelly! Thanks for this video! Have you ever planted a hydrangea on a slope? Will it grow upwards, upright, after compensating for the slope? Or is it going to droop over down the incline and tip over if I don't assist it and growing upwards? It's not a huge incline. Maybe 35°

[@michaelhosley7197]

Imma get you a real shovel 😂

[@JimPutnam]

Someone has to go there🤣

[@joistevens4454]

I wish you could see how the builder made volcanoes around all of the trees. I don’t know where that came from but it’s horrible. We’ve lost a lot of trees also.

[@lt2195]

I'm in NC, zone 8A, which hydrangea would you recommend?

[@meganc3090]

Newbie here🙋‍♀️. Im about an hour east of you, jim. I just purchased some Hydrangeas and wanted to re-pot them. Would that shock them just as bad as planting in ground?

[@CrazyMan0824]

How do I know what zone I live?

[@dr05guitar]

Are you recommending doing that rootball above the ground technique for all plants or just hydrangeas? Sorry if an ignorant question.

[@barbaras5448]

All I have is shade all around my house which hydrangeas like all shade??

[@carolinafontela7098]

Hi. Which do you recommend for Miami?

[@DragonsGaura]

I live in west TN and our hydrangeas don't bloom, we got them from lowes, our oakleaf hydrangeas bloom like crazy. We don't know what to do to get them to bloom

[@toxicmale2264]

Could panicle hydrangeas also wilt due to being too waterlogged in a container? I had a little lime that just kept wilting when the temperature went up, but it got plenty of shade through the hottest part of the afternoon sun. The leaves and the flowers weren't scorched either. It flowered beautifully and then all of the sudden it was a wilted mess before it finally died.

[@pamelawillis6036]

I have Endless Summer hydrangea. It has never bloomed it receives part sun, I've added epsoma land and sea.....should I just give up on it.?

[@jonihutchins4680]

I grown Hydrangeas for 2-3 years but on flowers yet these Hydrangeas I had problems with

[@kaseyroberts6976]

I wonder why the leaves get a tint of purple on them

[@Danai_gen]

Greetings from Switzerland :-) I have a couple of hydrangea macrophyllas in the ground, and the leaves on their stems are very small this year, while leaves coming from the base are the normal size. Could they have been stunted by late frosts, or is something else going on? I have fed them and took care of them same as any other year, it is the first time I see leaves these small. All other hydrangeas I have in other places (less exposed than where these two are) are growing just fine.

[@PiKara67]

le foglie piu' piccole stanno ad indicare una minore superficie fogliare esposta al sole. Come dici sono piu' esposte al sole delle altre e per questo riducono le foglie, hanno tantissima luce e non gli servono foglie grandi per fare piu' fotosintesi possibile. Se nel complesso, considerando anche le infiorescenze che produce, non ti soddisfa, puoi sempre cambiargli posizione. Le ortensie sopportano egregiamente i trapianti.

[@lauratruthseekingWarrior]

I've lost 4 put of 5 Hydrangea, no idea why they died, something ate the roots or something else happened. Males me sick, so expensive, now GONE!!! I HAD BLUE, PURPLE AND PINK. All of mine are in mostly shade, late day shade bed. So we hats going on????

[@triciaofcarrolltoon9339]

Some of my hydrangeas look dead. I was told to cut them down, I am west of Atlanta Georgia. What do you suggest. It was very cold here at christmas.

[@mayao7468]

My flowers are damaged, do not what to do , cut them ?? Help

[@ruthnoronha8206]

Jim what zone are you planting this hydrageas?

[@douellette7960]

Jim's in 7b Raleigh, NC as he says in the opener of every one of his videos. I think he must've told us close to 1000 times now 😂

[@nazofarf5949]

I live in Toronto every year I plant them in different spots and they die and never grow again ;(

[@onetwocue]

Went to walmart and bought a couple of the big mothers day better homes and garden hydrangeas. Alot cheaper than the ones sold at the nursery Has anyone ever planted them and did they come back?

[@tinajohnson7375]

They don’t rebloom

[@dianegentry3255]

It’s worth buying the reblooming ones.

[@onetwocue]

But theres a lot more blooms pushing up through.

[@tinajohnson7375]

@@onetwocue Next season not likely to rebloom, but wait and see usually best approach.

[@susiemccoy7]

Do they have a fragrance?

[@nazofarf5949]

No

[@sunsickokra218]

You planted that hydrangea in 5 minutes! It takes me like an hour to plant a shrub. 🤣 Guilty of being a million dollar hole digger.

[@douellette7960]

I'm sure it would've been just 1-2 mins if he wasn't talking to us. Planting a 3gal plant should take no more than a few mins if not loaded with rocks and not too dry

[@PiKara67]

vero! se non si considera che ha aspettato tre anni che il compost maturasse per poterci piantare un'ortensia 😀@@douellette7960

[@cheevue668]

😂😂😂🙋🏻‍♀️🙋🏻‍♀️

[@lisacollins7416]

What happened to your fig tree?

[@JimPutnam]

I cut it down, because I'm moving it

[@marylandsharona]

How do you keep the deer from eating the hydrangea

[@dianegentry3255]

Spray with I Must Garden deer repellent. It’s helped mine!

[@kellywillis1347]

Is it too late to move a limelight in 7b Thanks

[@mikeyfoofoo]

They are pretty tough. I'd go for it. You might want to cut some of the foliage back since you will cut some of the roots.

[@JM-lo8xu]

13:14

[@kellywillis1347]

@@JM-lo8xu well it’s about 2 ft tall in the ground not blooming or in a pot so I guess I’m good to transplant then. I’m gonna be a chance taker. 😁

[@dorindajenkins7825]

🙋

[@jennetteojeda5792]

💙👍🏻💙

[@tinajohnson7375]

No biotone? 😂

[@JimPutnam]

At least a half a bag 🤣

[@tinajohnson7375]

@@JimPutnam 😆