Post-pruning hydrangea update | Did they survive? | The Impatient Gardener

It was less than five months ago that I was standing in snow pruning hydrangeas. So how did all that pruning turn out? We're checking in on the hydrangeas I pruned and a couple other favorites growing in my garden.
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My name is Erin and I love sharing inspiration and information with real-life gardeners. I live and garden in southeastern Wisconsin, zone 5.
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[@mickey5779]

Gorgeous serrata!

[@mariemcgrath8681]

Love your gorgeous Hydraneas.

[@MaryBornforHealth]

I so appreciate your videos, Erin! In 2022 my husband and I got to go to the Proven Winners event at Mackinac Island, Michigan. As a gift, we received some lovely plants. We each got a Little Quick Fire Hydrangea and then someone who was flying gave us a third. That was in the Fall. I planted them and last year they grew but of course, did not have flowers. This year I have flowers coming and am very excited. I think by my "End of June Garden tour" they should be looking lovely. Mary Born, ND

[@GardenAddictz]

🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾 gorgeous!!!!! If you wake up one morning and that limelight is gone...... 😅😅😅🙇🏽‍♀️🙇🏽‍♀️🙇🏽‍♀️🙇🏽‍♀️

[@sumi646]

I think i know what is your plant hahaha

[@TheImpatientGardener]

You better bring a big shovel! You’ll be digging for awhile! 😀

[@naturalbynecessity4197]

Garden Addictz I see we have the same love for hydrangeas. Ladies I need your help on how to get my endless summer and revolution hydrangea to bloom. Thanks for sharing love both of your channels!!

[@TheImpatientGardener]

@@naturalbynecessity4197 Where are you located? Endless Summer can be a bit tough if you live in a colder area where the buds freeze out in winter.

[@naturalbynecessity4197]

The Impatient Gardener hello! I live in far north east Illinois. About 10 min from Wisconsin state line not far from the lake. I’m not sure what the flower buds look like but I think they form at the tip of old wood. Any ideas how to protect the buds

[@shfrederick1]

You have some of the prettiest Hydrangeas that I have seen. I believe the aggressive pruning you did made them come back looking so healthy.

[@eileenchang2173]

A great summary of all the types of hydrangeas!

[@starone38]

Loveee this video! No matter if is one year old,Don’t care . 😍

[@nashwaran473]

Wow

[@barbarasanroman9484]

I love hydrangeas and watching your video this morning made my day. Thanks so much!!

[@tmbts902]

Awww... those prissy little Annabelles are so beautiful. Thanks for sharing!

[@jcking6785]

Love, love, love those hydrangeas!!!!!

[@MsJdub99]

Gorgeous. Thanks for sharing the various types you have.

[@julsg123]

Beautiful and thank you for the tips!

[@SteveL2012]

Gorgeous garden, and I love your gardening style and videos-straightforward and no fear!

[@TheImpatientGardener]

Thank you!

[@imahappygal1]

Love your hydrangeas! Thanks for sharing.🌞

[@CSFAV]

Hydrangea heaven!!! My favorite!!! 😍😍😍😍😍😍

[@pboyd8354]

just so beautiful thank you

[@YAorNAmovies]

So so pretty! Thank you!

[@carmenbailey8209]

Love, Love, Love hydrangeas. Your are gorgeous 👍❤️😊

[@playme129]

Just the two videos I needed.

[@lesliehardin7963]

Stunning hydrangeas!

[@itshomelife]

She came back so amazing. Love it!

[@pamketron]

You have really gorgeous hydrangeas. Love how different they look all over your garden.

[@peggyvargo8603]

I really enjoyed this video I'm just starting to get more into the hydrangeas and seeing the differences in bloom is quite informative for me thank you very much

[@naturalbynecessity4197]

I love quick fire. These are the only hydrangea that thrives in my front yard. That’s for sharing. Your garden is beautiful.

[@sherryhudson930]

Beautiful!!

[@gardensbyjudylevy8031]

Wow!!! Great job your hydrangeas are beautiful🌾🌾🌾

[@cheeverteacher]

Very helpful to have the before, during and after. Very reassuring

[@lmbarnes3]

Absolutely beautiful

[@KYMMEESJOURNEY]

Beautiful

[@grheryford]

Thank you! Great advice!

[@julieculshaw4031]

Super video, love your garden. You give us so much information while being so natural.

[@Seurnn]

Love your accent, so soothingly calm and authoritative.

[@janejohnson6411]

I love your hydrangeas, they are my favorite in the garden

[@francesgraves920]

Your hydrangeas are gorgeous Erin!🌸🌸🌸

[@npgray2010]

I appreciate your amazing, beautiful and informative garden tours

[@bernadettelanzillo951]

I always look forward to seeing your videos and your garden. Everything looks stunningly beautiful!

[@TheImpatientGardener]

Thank you, Bernadette!

[@suzegarden]

Beautiful hydrangeas!

[@mmaz8829]

Very inspiring. Thank you.

[@lindadeclue.2215]

Absolutely Beautiful. Thank you so much on doing this video. I'm a beginner with hydrangea s but I'm learning. I now have 3. Love them

[@chrissyofoldstones3210]

Beautiful! 🌸

[@amyflatten9114]

Thanks so much for this video! I remember watching the snowy pruning vid and it was fun to see this update! Great tips and BEAUTIFUL hydrangeas!

[@judithjohnson2111]

Crazy gorgous. Huge. Love yr hydragers.💛👍

[@wen8991]

❤️❤️❤️ fantastic overview!

[@shuvanidev]

Thank you for doing a follow-up video - that is amazing and now I am not fearful of pruning my hydrangeas. I'm looking forward to seeing how they grow next year. Yours are stunning!

[@gardenfork]

Excellent walk through of those flowers whose name escapes me 😉

[@janicehilton8884]

THANK YOU, thank you so much for both videos. I'm in Canada and your explanations are awesome! Thank you so much.

[@erinskibinski1442]

JUST GORGEOUS! Hydrangeas are my absolute favorite! I am building my collection every year. (The Limelights in my area need a little Iron sometimes too!) Have a great day!

[@pamnapier-uhl1362]

Really beautiful the way they are tucked into different areas. I have just begun my collection of hydrangea and I am loving them!! Even with deer 🦌 nipping occasionally they are glorious!! Thank you

[@jacquemajor4254]

Thank you for the education and especially the follow up video! So fun to see the before and after. And your garden is gorgeous!!! Looking forward to watching more of your videos as I start my own garden this year.

[@LLNOELiveLikeNoOneElsecom]

Right after you posted this video I went online and ordered two of the Tuff Stuff hydrangeas. They are little, but I can't wait till they grow and glad they grow well in zone 5. Thanks!

[@FraserValleyRoseFarm]

Nice combinations! Love your garden

[@SometimeAgo65]

Omg, I love the Hydrangea you called Tuff Stuff!! Those are Gorgeous. I hope I can find some in the future ❤

[@natalielawyerchick]

Wow I have little baby limelight’s that I just planted and I HOPE they can get this big. BEAUTIFUL

[@brendatoussaint3219]

Beautiful Garden

[@shannonholmberg8835]

Thank you thank you thank you. This video helped me so much. I have been wanting to plant hydrangeas and I appreciate so much how are you have showed how to prune them and which ones you do not have to prune. This was a great video as well as the one where you were pruning them

[@honeyb8408]

Love this video, thanks for showing us all the varieties! I'm in Wisconsin too, and I just planted a few different varieties a few years ago, but I left them alone so they could get established, and was affraid to cut off anything vital! But now I don't feel so hesitant to prune them! Here's to Summer getting here soon!

[@dmc5734]

Thank you so much for your great information on hydrangeas. I learned a lot. Love them and have most all you do. Ill be getting the Tuff and Tiny Tuff next. I live in Mn so was happy to hear you are in Wisc. Again, thanks.

[@et9233]

Love your hydrangeas, thank you. I'm starting a new project this month - a hydrangea garden. Planting six infront of my house in England. Incrediball, Masja, LA Dreamin, Purple prince, Vanilla Strawberry and Blue boogie woogie. And more next spring. Thank you for the inspiration.

[@skylineranches]

Happy to see the update I am thinking of pruning mine, but a little too early yet. Thanks for the info.

[@cynthiaborden4209]

Omg how beautiful. I planted 2 Little Limes last fall. I can't wait to see them this summer. I'm starting a Hydrangea garden this year with Lime lights, Annabelle and Limetta's oh and a tree form Vanilla Strawberry. So excited!!! Love your channel

[@aroundthehousewithcheryl]

Thanks so much for sharing 😊

[@pamelafrydman4429]

Thank you for the inspiration! Just dug up a Viburnum, chewed by urban critters. Looking to replace it with a hydrangea for an East facing wall of my house. Just morning sun. How much fun is this to see new growth and beauty. The hardest is finding the right plant variety for the growing conditions and ignoring/ suppressing the desire to plant what I really want to work. Letting go when stuff happens and moving forward. A little microcosm of a macrocosm of life. In 5b, East side of Milwaukee. Thinking Bobo or an Oak-leaf. Loving the support and encouragement from this online community. Not sure where I read this; the difference between an ok gardener and a great one is the great one kills more plants. ❤

[@amycavin168]

You have quite a hydrangea collection! I just bought my first three Invincible Limettas!🌿

[@SparklyOne]

Beautiful 💖🌸

[@erincarpenter4508]

As if I did not have a crazy obsession with hydrangeas before...

[@lovelyladygodbless143]

Your garden looks so nice 🤠🌹👌

[@nanapoppi3]

This is inspiring me to go out and try some different hydrangeas outside of my Annabelles. Yours are fabulous and add so much to the landscape.

[@TheImpatientGardener]

Thank you! There are so many great hydrangeas out there and thank goodness for that!

[@dreamasue]

I have some hydrangeas & I took my cuttings & stuck them in the ground in another place & I got new plants growing ! I did it again this year , I hope it works this time too , I will have about 20 more ! 💕

[@barbll000]

I pruned mine after watching your video. You totally took the fear of pruning away. The hydrangeas are looking gorgeous.

[@TheImpatientGardener]

I'm so happy to hear that!

[@MJ-cc4uf]

I pruned back 2 of my limelight hydrangeas which normally grow to 7 ft tall back to 24 inches. It took a while but they finally started blooming a few weeks ago and the flower heads are huge.

[@kimberlydean507]

I can't wait to see which varieties I can grow in the South!

[@darinbennett3638]

Erin...going back to an older video and found the answers I needed for pruning my hydrangeas and then this pruning update video showed me the results. I was pruning in fall and getting frustrated the following spring/summer when my hydrangeas weren't producing many blooms and now I understand why. I will let them grow this year and NOT prune them until early spring 2022 and we'll see if I get better results. Greatly appreciate your channel...keep teaching us!

[@lisawalters5482]

Gorgeous plants. The contrast of the before and after is amazing. Tfs. 👏🏻

[@anya229]

Just found you, and have subscribed! You had me at "floppage"!! But seriously, here in Quebec every year we have that big "when and how to prune the hydrangeas" conversation - now we know!! :)

[@dianepliska4256]

Beautiful hydrangeas! And I love the dahlias blooming, dont forget the dahlia tour, make it long! Enjoy your garden.

[@colinellis8661]

Beautiful Hydrangeas, and an even more beautiful girl. best regards from South Wales UK.

[@AttnDefDis_]

This is awesome to see the follow up. Obviously, not the same, but last winter, I pruned a weigela harder than I meant to. First thing I ever pruned in my life, but it had obviously been ignored for a long time and needed it. I was worried I had totally overdone it, but it filled in beautifully this year. So, dense with leaves and way more blooms than last year.

[@ejmedina7065]

Beautiful!! Evelyn from Colorado

[@redlantern3371]

B*E*A*U*T*F*U*L* G*A*R*D*E*N* Erin! Always LOVE your videos!

[@imahappymeme]

Absolutely gorgeous. I love hydrangeas & I have two blue ones that I love.

[@TheImpatientGardener]

I’m envious of those blues!

[@imahappymeme]

The Impatient Gardener They are beauties when they bloom profusely. Not as many blooms right now. Wish I could share a picture. Yours are gorgeous, as I had stated.

[@P_Belle]

OMG, You are a hydrangea queen. They are all breathtaking. Good to see Limelight handling afternoon sun. How long have your limelights been planted? Do you also grow them in large containers?

[@goatgal7884]

Just got my first quick fire hydrangeas from Lowes.They were $24.98 marked down to $15.00 in 1 gal containers...they look great.I was really looking for more of a mark down, but these are just beautiful.Thanks for the video, I really needed it now.

[@TheImpatientGardener]

Oh you'll love it. If you don't already watch it, check out @Garden Addictz channel. She's the queen of hydrangea rehab!

[@SuperOhsarah]

that limelight is AMAZING

[@TheImpatientGardener]

Thanks. I love it.

[@marciagrant6687]

Wow, I'm in zone 8a. Hydrangeas tend to fry in my area. I love them!!

[@TheImpatientGardener]

Yes, I know it's harder in those warmer zones. But I'm envious of all the things you can grow that I can't!

[@carolrivarde3930]

Marcia Grant I also garden in 8a. Where are you located? I’m in Las Cruces, NM

[@marciagrant6687]

@@carolrivarde3930Hi Carol, I'm in Fort Worth Texas. The two hydrangeas I do have are hiding from the sun (in my covered patio). I had to cut them way down. They only have green leaves no flowers. Maybe I will get flowers next year.

[@carolrivarde3930]

Good morning Marcia, and thanks for replying. I can’t wait till next spring. Have a great weekend.

[@GrowingTropical]

Hi Erin, I don't grow Hydrangeas here in South FL, but if I could, I would based on how beautiful you grow them! Stunning!🌺

[@ana-mariavalerio5802]

Hi. You should try. I live in Spain and I think we have similar climate and they work here. Put them in the shade with a few hours of sun. One or two hours. And water them! I love them too. Cheers

[@kyrad6543]

Limelights FTW! They look amazing. Actually thank you for showing them all. The Bobo is really cute too. I may look into getting one of those. I just got Little Quick Fire. It will be my first hydrangea. Hydrangeas in general can be a bit fickle here in our hot, dry summers and harsh winters.

[@kyrad6543]

Also love your espalier tree behind Tuff Stuff.

[@gardeningbyheart4912]

Love this. I have a fenceline hedge of limelights. This is year 4 for them and they are about 6 feet tall but this year they are more spindly. I'm planning to cut them way back in the fall. Let me know if that is the way to go. I usually don't prune much. I wait until spring and only cut the flower heads off.

[@cozyoakshomestead832]

man my bobo have not looked like this at all! they loose their leaves and flowers dry up all the time. so many beautiful hydrangeas.

[@JenniferPerryMyScraproom]

Thank you for showing mature BOBO's in a landscape. I have 10 of them that struggled last year because I had them in the wrong location. After moving them they are 1000% better but really need to put on some growth. After seeing your plants I am excited to see what mine with do in the next couple of years. I also could not stand myself and ordered 6 of the Wee Bit Grumpy's. The name just killed me and I knew they had to be added to my garden.

[@pennyarizzio2824]

HI Jennifer. I purchased 8 BoBo's. Should they be planted in full sun? Did you have them in sun or shade before you moved them?

[@JenniferPerryMyScraproom]

@@pennyarizzio2824 I had mine in a north facing shade location but moved them to a full sun location. This year has already been crazy hot so 1/2 of them look great and 1/2 are struggling.

[@pennyarizzio2824]

@@JenniferPerryMyScraproom I hope they all make it! Thanks for the info.

[@goerizal1]

tree hydrangea like that great specimen will do well even if pruned down to 6 inches from the ground in autumn, the will even flower in the next year from that stem.

[@missygilly9917]

Beautiful results...could you advise the heights of each of your favourites? I know the limelight’s grow very tall, but what of the others?

[@annesweeney5552]

Just bought my 1st one . I bought lime light !

[@TheImpatientGardener]

Enjoy!

[@evelyncastro-lake9716]

Beautiful hydrangeas! I have a few of these myself. Do you grow little quick fire? I wondered how far apart to plant them..

[@scmarih]

Awe, so beautiful! Do you know if any variety grow well in Southern California? Thanks for sharing.

[@suelyons531]

Stunning. The deer in my area eat everything : (

[@Sunshine-xt1vb]

Love this video! What exposure are the tuff stuffs? I’m looking for a hydrangea for the north side of my garage.

[@susanlocklear2468]

Yours look spectacular, I live in north Carolina, zone 8a, I planted one limelight in 2019, in full sun, it did bloom, but nothing like yours, I think I just can't grow them.... I'm very sad about that

[@ArtbyKurtisEdwards]

You don't have an oakleaf variety? Just one more to go and you have every type!! Awesome video

[@ShayLaRae75]

How do you feel about the no dig method for flower gardens? And what kind of compost would you use?

[@pennyarizzio2824]

I am loving your videos!!! Thanks for sharing your tips and tricks and BEAUTIFUL hydrangea's. Can I ask .. Is your BoBo hydrangea growing in full sun?