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[@donmackay9315]

I live in the Sacramento CA area where we get long hot summers. I have an olhy in a wine barrel. Two big factors to successfully growing these are 1) get them out of direct sunlight for any time of day. Leaves will scorch and fall way early if you don’t 2) you have to water them every day, whether it’s in the container or in the soil. If your soil gets swampy, cut back to every 2 or 3 days. The symptoms for too little water or too much water are the same. In either case, the leaves will fall. These love water. If your soil is that horrendous clay soil like we have here, you will need to add the amendments that she showed. My fall color is from orange to fire engine red. Real beauties.

[@wendycash54]

As a nursery owner, I really appreciate your comment about plants in pots. Most don't like pots, especially black ones where the sun can bake roots. We try to keep them as happy as possible, but its always good to let customers know that plants will be much prettier in the ground in no time. Love Oakleaf Hydrangeas too! Thanks for the video! As always you present very well, and I enjoy watching your videos and look for ward to new ones every day. Thanks!

[@theblueoceanwashedawaymypa3774]

Wendy Cash That is a good tip Wendy. I'd have to admit that Gatsby Gal DOES look super even in pots. I wonder what the secret is.

[@vsrobertson]

Any chance for an update on this area? I love the looks of those oakleaf hydrangeas ❤️

[@standincub]

This little corner of her property is as big as my entire yard. LOL. Someday hopefully I'll have big spaces like this to plant!

[@j.m.7056]

standincub Small spaces can be little jewels!

[@c.mcafeeart1247]

I love the cut to the struggle with the gypsum bag! You guys are the best!

[@denisek5208]

Beautiful plant! Absolutely love how that new area is turning out

[@jengus1951]

Wow, those are beautiful! Can't wait to see how they grow!

[@susankilpatrick2918]

Morning coffee and Garden Answer - what a great way to start my week off to work on my garden!

[@lindalee601]

They look amazing!!!!!? Thank you so much for sharing your garden with all of us. 🌻

[@kaylac3367]

Oh I love this plant! It's just what I need in a sunny spot in my garden. Thank you for sharing this plant.

[@LomiR88]

Yay! More hydrangeas! These plants looks lovely BTW!

[@cinziadeluca5074]

Laura can I just say that you are looking so amazing after baby! You look so happy. Loved the video.

[@lisaquigley9543]

Your sooooo lucky to have a garden centre to accommodate your garden etc. Love your vlogs. Garden goals.... In time.... Alot of time 😁

[@valdemargaari9751]

Man!. The quallity in these videos!! So many inputs that makes you wanna watch over and over again. And the smile while you're planting makes me wanna go in the garden right away😊. Thank you👍

[@jencyannamathew535]

❤️❤️❤️❤️ the blue flowers at the back, under the tree looks sooo pretty.....

[@marthaneudorf1899]

You are such an inspiration when it comes to gardening. I know very little in that area but with your informative videos I can implement some ideas to my yard. I live in a zone 3 so always looking for hardy plants. My morning routine is to watch your videos while having my cup of coffee.

[@tarrafirma4604]

Ooooh! You shot this video at the perfect time - I ordered a Gatsby Gal last week, and I am anxiously awaiting its arrival! Great minds think alike!!! Thanks for all the great videos and tips! 🤗

[@dorotaazzopardi8718]

I adopted two of these beautiful hydrangeas for a garden that is under a major reno and I am so very excited. Looking forward to seeing them through the seasons.

[@viviangerard459]

love those and yes foilage is beautiful

[@pambutler3760]

I have 5 oakleafs Love them. Also my limelight is full of buds, so excited can’t wait to see it in full bloom.

[@rebeccawoodbixler9536]

Stunning! When we lived on our farm we had droves of oak leaf hydrangeas. Great gypsum tip!

[@ericahollier5323]

My oak leaf is huge!!!!! I love it, one of my favorites!!!

[@angiesalazar1126]

Goooodmorning!!! Hydrangeas!!! My true obsessions! I can’t Waite to have our forever home to be able to plant all those wonderful trees and shrubs not only dose it look beautiful now but in winter such a beautiful view. For now I have hydrangeas of many types all over and Gatsby is one of many that we are in search for. It looks amazing Laura so so so beautiful! I can see ourself years from now looking back at this video for ideas in our permanent home.💚💚💚💚💚💚

[@explaincauseidontgetit3294]

They are beautiful right there!! I need six of these to line the side of my house that gets part sun!!

[@gardeningrocks1158]

Impressive!!! The area is looking great!!!

[@meganjo766]

Oak leaf hydrangea is my absolute favorite plan. There is a gorgeous one of the larger version in my backyard.

[@GardenObsessions]

Awesome detailed explanation of the oak leaf hydrangea. We just love hydrangeas and recently showed off all of our hydrangeas we have. Can’t wait to get one of these. 💚💚💚💚💚💚

[@judewillis1084]

Laura, great tip about selecting plants at the nursery. I, along with a lot of others, would probably have passed up some otherwise good plants. We are always getting useful information from you. You are as amazing at being an educator as you are at being an inspiration. We appreciate you and Aaron so much. Thank you for what you do!!!!

[@womanoftheozarks]

I have several of the regular OakLeaf Hydrangea. They are magnificent plants. The flowers dry beautifully.

[@ursulazupancic3903]

I need this shrub in my garden! It's beautiful 😍😍

[@lindaortolano7066]

Laura the garden looks beautiful with the addition of the hydrangeas! Everything is really starting to take shape. Good job! Keep these videos coming! Linda Ortolano

[@elainetrinidad9558]

I love those hydrangeas.

[@jor8701]

Rose garden tour showing each individual flower with your thoughts on them!!!

[@vickigade7681]

Beautiful! I love this plant❤️

[@sharoncherry6801]

Beautyful, I love hydrangeas!

[@theblueoceanwashedawaymypa3774]

You are a great gardener. It is great to see someone give tips that work. My yard has rubble, rocks and clay...basically devil soil. The secret to my nice garden is partially learning about plants...root structure etc...and adding organic matter and microorganisms. Especially for many natives. They need a microherd to do well. I'm glad to see the tone fertilizers have included the microorganisms in their product. The only way I could get them previously, was to special order it.

[@kAtA12p]

Wow😍. I am in love. They are amaizing. Mulched leaves are looking so natural, I love that. If I were you I would not use mulch.

[@cherrose100]

You know Laura when you said ... I got lucky with these ones ... I have never seen Proven Winners ever have poor quality plants 🌱 they are well in truly up there 🙌🏼 in my view for absolutely beautiful plants ... you guys over there are so blessed to have Proven Winners, I just wish we had them here 🙏🏼 that little area is going to look amazingly stunning in a couple of months ... I can't wait to see an update on this video ... thanks Laura for another great video 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼 all the way 🕊💝👍🏼

[@elynbeth]

I just got a landscape designer to make a master plan for our neglected yard with lots of trees but not much else in terms of landscaping. We bought our first 5 plants from the plan yesterday and began installing them. Your videos have given me the courage to undertake this task. I live in the Southeaster US Zone 8b. Yesterday, I planted a tea olive and today I will be installing 3 dwarf gardenias and an oak leaf hydrangea. I am so excited to see that you have a video on the exact plant I bought! This is the one I'm most nervous about caring for :) Thanks for all of the help and inspiration.

[@allieo88]

Oak Leaf Hydrangeas are the 1st Hydrangeas in bloom for the season in my area (SC zone 8a; Maybe everywhere?) For this reason, I planned to add some to my garden. I had no idea the foliage turned such a gorgeous color in the fall! Bonus! Plants and garden look beautiful as usual, great job garden answer team!

[@JelleyBean005]

I just bought a Gatsby this Spring and I am so excited to see the fall color. I could not find one anywhere so I asked my local garden center to order one for me. Right after I planted it rained for the most part of 2 weeks, so I had some fungus on the leaves. I snipped all the affected leaves off and it's doing fabulous!!! Thanks for your videos

[@georgiacahoone8043]

Great information on planting hydrangeas thank you.

[@faycouch973]

So Beautiful!

[@jessicabuben9353]

I absolutely agree that they do so much better in the ground! My mom bought some last year and she kept talking about how much she adores them and I really just thought she was a little crazy. Well when they came back this year they were so striking! I didn't care for them at all, and now I'm thinking I could use some too!

[@christineelkins6255]

Beautiful!! I have an oak leaf hydrangea Ruby Slippers variety and I just love it! I’m glad to hear you say not to prune them. I have not pruned mine but wasn’t sure. I learn so much from every one of your videos!!

[@theblueoceanwashedawaymypa3774]

Christine Elkins I have ruby slippers too. it is my favorite oakleaf so far. I'm planning to try a Gatsby Gal as well.

[@wandygonzalez8078]

So pretty

[@danelleanstine7814]

You have me interested in the Gatsby Hydrangea for next year. I hope to see how well it did in your videos in the fall!!!!

[@willajohnson8577]

My neighbor has a stand of these between us it starts at my drive and goes across almost to the side of her house..in bloom now so pretty. We cut all the old flowers off last winter it felt like hundreds! They are about 8 feet tall and look so nice.good privacy fence for her back yard. In your care this plant will probably outdo hers lol😀❤

[@erinlee2431]

Cool, had no idea about the four-color rule!

[@theblueoceanwashedawaymypa3774]

Compared to the other Oakleafs I have, Gatsby Gal also seems to have larger leaves. So they look even more exotic imo. Your garden looks great.

[@tru_passion2424]

Love the new plant videos

[@sharikanuika-huber4774]

Beautiful Hydrangea ❤️❤️❤️

[@asposito]

Great info! Thank you

[@rosereal2319]

I never seen one like that in Canada...beautiful..

[@alicemarks2258]

Too short.. I didn’t even get half way through my coffee. 🤣🤣. I love Hydrangeas!!

[@lavenderbutterfly2160]

Stunning

[@wildflowerwind6941]

Beautiful.

[@GrandmaSandy]

Beautiful. Hydrangeas

[@momurphy8290]

Beautiful

[@stonermaymay8]

Can you please do a video showing your plants that maybe dried or didn't do so good. You make all of us look terrible with your gorgeous garden and green thumb. 😂 we love you and inspire to be like you in the garden!!

[@yvencia1150]

Love its!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Ellofez]

Can you use Biotone for potted plants? love the garden looks beautiful thank you for sharing it with all of us! With much love to you Laura and your family from Dallas,Tx Happy Growing !

[@judithfombyharris6264]

9-10-19... LOVE THE PLANTS... THANKS

[@beckietharp9974]

Greetings from San Antonio, Texas! I LOVE watching your videos. I have sat (for weeks) watching current and past videos. I could bankrupt us if I planted all what I want in my small front and back gardens. At what point do you think you could stop planting...I know annuals are every year, but what percentage of all you have goes towards annuals vs the perennials? I am known by friends as having a green thumb but in comparison to your abundant glory, I have to say I have a lot to learn...keep the videos coming! And congratulations on your beautiful son! Enjoy them while they are young...mine are 24 and 22, so I really miss those kisses and hugs from them as toddlers and babies! I really love watching your videos. If I could ever swing a trip up to where you are, do you give tours of your property?

[@GardeningSpirit]

Like the music!

[@jeffreylee6673]

Hi Laura, we love the hydrangeas. 1 question is how long do you water with your drip irrigation?

[@susanpeterson9947]

Beautiful area, I wonder if I could grow those hydrangeas in morning sun...I’m just north and east of Tampa, FL. WHEN will we see the May garden tour???

[@captmurf8357]

Snowflake oak leaf is my favorite. Just planted some but they are SOOOO hard to find

[@theblueoceanwashedawaymypa3774]

Capt Murf They are! but I agree they are gorgeous. I got some from burpee years ago and they have been champs. The only downside is that I think they are sterile, so maybe not as good for pollinators. The Gatsby series also has a "double" flowered oakleaf that may be similar to snowflake. Have you seen that one?

[@genesisgonzalez4707]

Do you guys have a video of when you guys converted that gravel area into a planting area? My husband and I just purchased a 5 acre property in Murrieta, CA and we would love to see, what the process of making an area like this, is like!

[@dianeschuller]

Hey guys, any chance you could do a follow up short video to show us what these Gatsby Oakleaf hydrangeas look like now and any remarks.

[@amandamonacoschaub8101]

I’ve been looking everywhere for gatsby hydrangeas!! 😭

[@fabioleonhardt]

Hum lindo difetetes... Brasil nao tem..

[@Gigi-fv9ky]

I planted 6 of the Gatsby series last summer, - 2 each of gal, star, and moon. However, i planted them as small, ordered online, plants and unfortunately, put them in the shade where i had a bed fenced off from the deer. They havent done well at all - i think because they need more sun. I dont have another fenced bed to move them to where they will get more sun. Very disappointing as i had been drooling over them for a year or so before i ordered them from home depot. I havent seen them in local nurseries yet.

[@zullylozano1840]

I’m very interested in following the progress of these hydrengeas. I have a challenging spot with the same soil conditions you described (dry, compacted hard clay) where I’ve been undecided about planting some hydrengeas. If yours survive I’ll probably go for it.

[@theblueoceanwashedawaymypa3774]

zully lozano Oakleaf hydrangeas also need care and like moist fertile soil. I have three in my garden (snowflake, snow queen and ruby slippers). I'd recommend improving and enriching the soil like the poster did. Using the fertilizer she used with "bio tone" may also help, by adding micronutrients to the soil.

[@neverlostforwords]

Good advice! I have some standard size hydrangea quercifolia planted two years ago and I keep pruning them at the wrong time. This means I don't get the flowers. Yes, I did it again this year. It's winter where I live (Melbourne, Australia) and there are no buds as I pruned too late in late summer for any new growth. Why prune? Because the plants keep intruding on the shrubs next to them such as a viburnum awabki. So either the hydrangea will have to be moved or the viburnum. By the way, these hydrangea are susceptible to wind damage so try to keep them sheltered from the wind somehow. Every few days I find more bent or broken leaf stems.

[@sharylblomquist7547]

I love your big kneeling pad. Where did you get it

[@michelel1852]

Laura how do you keep your irrigation from getting plugged since you have hard water? My water is hard here in Sierra Vista, AZ and I have to use adjustable droppers so They don’t get plugged as easily.

[@laurenfowler4431]

Using the soaker/drip hoses how long do you water the Hydrangeas each night? I just planted some blushing bride hydrangeas and am new to using a soaker hose.

[@pamketron]

These are so pretty. Are you going to add drip irrigation to these? Thanks for the tip on gypsum. I have heavy clay soil in most of my areas so I needed this tip!🌺🌼🌸

[@BlaBla-pf8mf]

There are already drip hoses in the area near these plants so she probably already added drip irrigation.

[@CJ-qj3pk]

I don't mean to sound dumb, how do you afford all the plants for your huge area? Did I miss an explaination?

[@anitahadley2871]

I have two oakleafs and they have been doing really well in the amount of sun you described. But this year one of them seems to have paler leaves than the other. I added some Holly Tone but I haven't seen any improvement in the leaf color. Any suggestions? We have been getting a lot of rain. Not sure if that would be a cause.

[@bowersmack5212]

When are we going to see the hay racks and 14 pots of supertunas.

[@jeannelovewell4152]

But if they bloom on old growth is winter freezes going to decrease the bloom quantity? That has been a problem for me in zone 5. Taking out all my old varieties hopefully to replace with the kind that bloom on new growth

[@brechtiejjsgarden]

Do a garden tour please

[@jmac4313]

Given that it blooms on old wood, do the buds survive the winter. I had a niko blue that rarely flowered because the flower buds could not survive a 5b zone winter.

[@kellyr8115]

Can I ask what shovel you use with the round handle. I looked on the link with your favorite tools but didn’t see it. I know you’ve probably mentioned it before but I can’t remember? Beautiful Hydrangeas!

[@amandakeeton2869]

What perennials did you end up filling in the area with?

[@northeastslingshot1664]

After life on Nantucket....I love hydrangeas. Im not sure Im a fan of the oak leaf ......yet. 😉

[@Willyman1942]

Live in Oklahoma zone 7b, would the Gatsby gal hydrangeas be ok in full sun?

[@usaragdollkittens1503]

How are they doing? I am Considering planting these in zone 8b TX.

[@francysbonilla6994]

Gatsby Gal look pretty

[@SonOfAGun1814]

can oakleaf hydrangeas be planted in phoenix, az zone 9b?

[@katherine325]

My oakleaf Gatsby moon hydrangea is a new olant and it is falling down right now. I believe it's in transplant shock. Can I stake it? With something around the house?

[@zenaidemariarodrigues3821]

Boa noite tenho uma muda de orelha de gato posso colocar na chuva?

[@ghjcga]

Can I please get the name of the pink dogwood you mentioned?

[@darshayfarmer1440]

Yay my zone!! Lol

[@anushavallabhaneni7729]

Can you post atleast 2 videos per day I know I am crazy But, after work your videos are taking away my stress. :)

[@patriciarussell1177]

Are all those fertilizers earth friendly?

[@nancygonzalez1752]

Good morning: Love your videos and have learned so much from you!! :-) I live in Tampa, Fl....are there any varieties of Hydrangeas that would grow here? I absolutely love them....but am having a hard time growing them. Thank you, Nancy

[@Gigi-fv9ky]

Nancy Gonzalez in Tampa, you can grow any variety of hydrangea you want. You are likely in zone 9, just check each plant to see.

[@theblueoceanwashedawaymypa3774]

Aww the hydrangeas may be suffering if you are on zone 10. This one should be OK in zone 9...but oakleaf are not drought tolerant (in my experience) and may need: shade in the afternoon b: extra water weekly and when it is hot and dry, especially for the first year or two. Same for hydrangea macrophylla.

[@ashtanga2000]

Is there an update on these?