Growing Hydrangeas in Containers | Planting, Care & Overwintering
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- čas přidán 20. 06. 2021
- Hello! My name is Bethany and I grow things on my rooftop container garden in Chicago. In today's video, I'm talking about how to grow hydrangeas in containers. We'll go over planting, maintenance, and how to overwinter your container hydrangeas.
I just discovered that Hydrangeas are my favorite and this is the first video about caring for them that actually makes it seem do-able. Straight forward and easy to understand. Thank you!
I knew from the minute that I found you on CZcams that you were a gem. The way you present yourself the way you interact on CZcams the way you speak to us, you are funny and quirky, but all in a good way. You always made me feel so happy to come back to your channel. Your parents must be so proud of you. I never doubted for a minute that you wouldn’t succeeded on your channel. If you don’t mind me comparing you to Laura Vitali on the cooking channel, I admire her just as I admire you. I see you as a journalist as a commentator as a scholar as a professor you name it you could be anything. You have that confidence. I am so happy for you and listen if this gets big you could quit your day job. So happy to be part of your CZcams channel. Congratulations and good luck.
I found a beautiful big leaf hydrangea plant at my local sams club, April,2024. I'm going to grow this one in a container on my covered back deck. I'm going to over winter mine like you did in the garage. I'll let you know how it did next spring. Thank you for such great recommendations. I subscriber and I'm going to follow your channel. Thanks a bunch. From midwest indiana, near crown point❤❤❤
I just picked up beautiful pink hydrangeas from Sam’s today! I hope to do the same!
Nice job with this video !! Informative, & precise...thank you!!
Thank you for this video. I will use your knowledge as I grow our hydrangeas in our backyard. I currently have two large pots growing after pruning and out in the sun pretty much all day. So far I they are doing fairly well and am watering them with my hose everyday for about 20-30 seconds. I am learning as a I go along and will utilize your expertise and thank you for all your help.
I have large heavy pots that I bring into my garage every year. My pots are smaller on the bottom and most have an edge at the top. I take a rope and a hand truck (dollie) to move them even though the base of the pot is larger. I walk up to the pot and tie the rope to the left side of the dollie and go around the pot and tie the loose end to the other side of the dollie pulling tight. The pot is now connected and can be moved into the garage! If the pot is very wide you can place a piece of plywood on the bottom of the dollie and rock the pot on to the dollie. The weight of the potted plant holds the plywood in place long enough to get it in the garage. Some of my pots are 20 inches tall x 20 inches wide while the base/bottom of the hand cart is only 9 inches wide. It works great without any help!
I'm speechless
What a wonderful video hope u share more knowledge and experience with us
Thank you thank you
Beautiful!! pink Hydrangea flowers.
Got one in a container Bethany and it is doing great so far. LIverpool UK weather to contend with so lots of rain and wind 😂 but it's dling well. Thanks for the advice video.
I have 41 trees and bushes and 23 different types of hydrangeas. I planted in last few years and I really like your videos the way you care for them. I also dry my hydrangeas for the winter. My biggest hydrangea flower 17 inches.
Wonderful, thankyou, most informative and just what I was wantingto know xx
Awesome info! 👍🏾 Thanks!
Really helpful information, thank you, hi from New Zealand
This is my first time to have hydrangea plant. My neighbor in US have nice hydrangea so I got inspired and now I’m here in the Philippines to plant several plants and hydrangea is one I selected. Thank you for sharing your knowledge how to take care of hydrangea plant. ❤️🙏
Most hydreangeas are down to zone 4 so container planting are perfect if your zone 6 and up. The rule of thumb is to make sure your 2 zones up whenever considering to leave them out in pots during the winter. I'm in zone 7b so this isn't a problem for me. I have the limelight & mophead hydrengeas in containers throughout the seasons.
I'm in your zone and my hydrangeas keep dying. 😢😢
What’s ZONE means ?
TY found you recently, after completing my 1st year with my hydrangea. Basically did what was recommended from a ton of reading.
My secret share is I do my plant work in my garage. I place a layer (plastic trash bag) under my work. When I’m finished, I either put what’s on it in the trash, reuse it or depending on how messy…throw it away! 😂
I just recently discovered your channel and have watched a few videos. Came for the gardening content, stayed when I heard "lying around." It's the little things!
I love it! I’m glad you’re here.
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Excellent Gardening ❤
Found your channel from Kitchen Garden Therapy. I have know more room in the ground so I'm glad to find this video. I'm a neighbor in MO so I look forward to more of your videos. Thanks for sharing -- great tips.
So glad you're here! I really have fallen in love with container gardening over the years and hope to share my tips with others!
Thank you!❤ I use sandy loam soils. Always morning sun
I just got a hydrangeas today and thanks for the tips! 🙌
How exciting!!
Beautiful blooms of hydrangeas
Thank you! They're my favorite flower!
I love the hydrangeas. I just put a container plant into a container I got thrifting and it looks so good I was tempted to just plant it in the container. I really purchased the plant to put in the ground, so when I saw your video I wondered if I could grow it in the container. The garage was where I put my fig tree and it survived the winter and I just put the container outside. Ty you for the video info.
You had me at … growing hydrangea for 3 yrs now!
This is helpful. I will try again. I may try a green house bag.
Great information on posting hydrangeas. I bought a few small ones this year and potted them because the soil in my garden is so hard I can't dig a hole for them. The flowers seem to be turning brown. I am experimenting with changing their location si they don't get too much or too little sun. Leaves seem to be bright green so I know they are not dead. Thanks again.
great work dear queen
Wow beautiful flowers 🌸
Thank you!
Great video
Nice Hydrangea Video!!!!! I'm about to plant one in Pot!!! ; )
I love hydrangeas, should get some this year.
Definitely do it! They bring me so much happiness in the garden.
Very helpful! Thank you 😊😊!
That makes me happy to hear!!
Thank you for sharing this knowledge on container hydrangeas! I was planning on putting most of my macrophylla hydrangeas in containers here in KS zone 6. This is my first time growing hydrangeas. Our winters are very similar, Chicago probably has a tad bit worse winters than us only because we sometimes have mild winters. Just never know which year that will be. This helped me to decide not planting some of the bigger ones in the ground. I was afraid no blooms would come since we have up and down crazy weather especially in the spring. Keep doing these videos your great in front of the camera clear, precise speaking, great at explaining things and very beautiful. Think your channel is going to do well. ❤️😊❤️
Thank you so much! Your kind words mean a lot to me. Hydrangeas has always been one of my favorites and I thought I wouldn’t get to enjoy them since I don’t have a yard, so I’ve been so happy they’ve done well in containers!
@@ChicagoGardener Ah you’re welcome! Hydrangeas are definitely my favorite too! The hydrangeas here at our nurseries always look fried & really bad so I didn’t even know what a healthy hydrangea looked like until I started watching CZcams garden channels. Glad I found your channel, closer to my zone. 💜😊💜
Zone 8 here.
I had a green house last winter. I recommend getting floor heater for it not just growing light.
We had a surprise deep freeze for a week last winter and it killed everything I worked hard for.
I wish you talked about how to control the colour of the hydrangeas.
Thanks for the vedio.
Use the original pot as a mold for your root ball in the new pot. Works every time. Soil in new pot needs to be slightly damp to hold shape. Cheers
wonderful suggestion!👍
Hey thanks for that! I was literally throwing my hydrangea's "sale pot" in the trash when I read this. Brilliant idea.
@@kushclarkkent6669 happy to help. If you wanna go the extra mile, coat the root ball and the soil in the new pot with mycorrhizae. Helps the roots establish better and allows the plant access to all available nutrients in the soil.
@@DontBeAGunt Another huge thanks! Just ordered "Mycorrhizal Fungi Root Enhancer for Plants" from Trifecta. If there are ANY other tips you wanna throw my way I'd be happy to have them. I bought my first hydrangea a few days ago (Early Blue) and I instantly fell in love with it. It has to be the most beautiful plant I've seen so far. Can't wait to change its colors eventually.
@@kushclarkkent6669 not super versed on hydrangeas, but they’re beautiful plants when in bloom. Most of my knowledge comes from the industry mentioned in your username lol. Mycorrhizae is good for most plants as it creates more bio activity in common potting soil. Use good quality fertilizers and keep an eye on soil PH. Learn how to read plants and their foliage and you’ll always know the right direction to go. Also if indoors, use fans, makes stronger plants.
I've grown cuttings for Hydrangea, Hebe, Buddleia, Spirea & Lavender. It is very rewarding when they survive and flourish for many years. Most of these are now on my channel header and I made a new Hebe video which shows these cuttings on their journey into big shrubs.
I’ll definitely check it out!!
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Thank you this was helpful!
That makes me happy to hear!
I stratify my soil. At the bottom ordinary compost that can keep some moisture before it goes out the draining holes.
Next level is perlite-compost mixture for a more airy mixture. Top most layer is depending on what I need. Keep water in equals bark, or normal drainage needs compost or the same mixture as layer two.
It is a misconception you cannot use ordinary dirt. It depends on how you mimic your local circumstances in the pot.
damn i love that white pot!! thx for the video. im starting my first hydrangeas soon, here in Sydney and i'm gona look for a white pot like yours it goes perfectly with the leaf and flower colour :)
Very interesting
Thank you for this video!!
i have some hydrangea´s the garden but want some in pots to put hem closer to the house...
Greetings from Belgium, Conny, 💚 🌷 🌺 🌻
Great video! For my indoor plants, I use a plant tarp for potting and it makes minimal mess. It might work for your deck but you'll probably need a much larger tarp for the container sizes.
Thank you, this is such a great idea! I think we have an old tarp in our garage!
@@ChicagoGardenersuch a beautiful girl ❤
Yes I use a big blue paint tarp to first mix soil and fertilizer when I'm doing plants with same soil and fertilizer needs. Then fill container with soil in middle of tarp.
Nice sharing
Good information
Stay connected InshAllah dear friend 🌹🥰🥰💖💖🥰
Love this video! Very informative! I am curious about your greenhouse method. I’ll be looking out for that next spring 💚
I will be so happy if it works and I don’t have to carry the plants downstairs!!
@@ChicagoGardener Yes that would be nice! Esp when you have big plants
I bought a bareroot hydrangea from tractor supply for $9 haha. It’s showing some growth lately! I would like to get some nice ones like proven winners or endless summer 🤷🏻♀️ but I’m trying not to get too crazy with flowers until we buy a place down here. Also not sure if hydrangeas do as well here in Texas compared to the Chicago area
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Thank you so much!
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In Los Angeles, we had so much rain that a couple of hydrangeas that I just threw into a medium sized pot last year put out 3 gigantic pink mop heads and they’re still in bloom!!
Full sun for now.
I'm a new plant mom for the millionth times . ☺ I have two beautiful bluish colored hydrangeas. I don't know anything and I don't have may say areas outside for them . I hope I don't kill them. I wish you'd shown the compost. . I have no clue ... They're still in the original containers which I thought were too small for them . New containers , soil and compost here I come . I hope the plant experts can help me.
First time viewer, you are as pretty as hydrangeas (that was literally my first thought when I saw the video thumbnail)
platonic comment btw
I was taught to put the plant with the old container into the new pot and fill the sides in with soil and pop out the plant in the mold perfect fit. Instead of watering them from the top I let them drink from the bottom they seem to get mold on leafs from watering from the top.
Thanks
I didn’t know you can grow them in a pot. I got to get one for my garden. Thank You 😀
They’re my favorite so I love being able to have them in my container garden!
Hello. Will be saving your video for winter care. Got out first pot a week ago and we may have over water the pot and petals seem to be dying . Any tips on how to revive the flowers. We did stop watering it so hopefully i can reverse the damage.
I have been gifted a potted Hydrangea with blooms. in June. I live in Kansas zone 6. So far the plant is doing great indoors. It gets the morning sun from a kitchen window. Could you give me tips on what to do with it after it bloomed, and before I put it in the garage for the winter? Will it always be potted or can I plant it outside now before winter? Thank you very much for a response. I enjoyed your video and it is very informative.
Thanks for sharing this video. I have one in a container. My flowers are dead, should I dead head them in order for them to bloom again? I am totally new to them.
I like this buatiful flewers they are strong and so beautiful to be honest I have that as well injoy but thanks anyway ❤
A greenhouse works. I live in Chicago and even my quart size proven winners hydrangeas survived through the winter. ❄️ I was going to move mines to the garage but there just wasn’t enough space so I moved all of them under my deck and bought a small plastic greenhouse.
How did they do this last winter? It got pretty cold for a while.
From a mess maker- drop cloth, tarp, old sheet, sheet of plastic, heck huge garbage bag. Then just pick it up. 💜
I put a cotton painter’s tarp down first or an old sheet before potting up. Then just fold it up and shake out- clean deck.
I love that container where did you buy it from!? I got wooden ones that look just like it just that one is prettier! And thank u for the tips I can’t keep mine alive to save my life!!😢
Buteful
Is your garage fairly warm to be able to overwinter the plants and hence survive? Do you know how warm it stays in there as opposed to outside? I'm asking this because our garage on a single family home gets very cold, the ceiling is not insulated. My daughters live two miles from me in a townhouse and their garage is insulated by their own floor above the garage and both sides, also. Even when it gets below zero outside it can stay above freezing in their garage and it also faces south and gets warmer from the sun as opposed to mine where it is only a few degrees above the outdoor temperature with only one of the sides of my garage against a wall that is attached to the heated house. Just wanted to point that out to some to check to see how cold their garages get before assuming they can overwinter in their particular garage. Beautiful hydrangeas!
I just got 4 Wee Bit Grumpy :)
Did you use the base for the pot?
Thx so much for the advice & great video Bethany 👍😘🌼 how do you think they’d do in Colorado ? ?
I don’t know much about the weather there but what’s your growing zone?
I believe it’s 5b
Is your garage attached or detached? Those few degrees from your home's radiant heat will make a huge difference.
super helpful, thank you for sharing! i'm so excited to try growing hydrangeas in containers myself this year, they're just so pretty!
i'm in a similar climate to you (Ontario, Canada. zone 6b) - in your experience, when would it be safe for me to buy/plant in a container? i'm soo over winter and eager to get started on my yard and gardens! 🙊
I try to wait until early May here but that doesn’t always happen 😂 If you buy it and plant it now you could move it inside if temps drop too low (assuming the container isn’t too heavy to move). I did that with a few plants I potted up too early last year.
@@ChicagoGardener okay, thank you ☺️May's not too far away now! but i'm still not sure how much longer i can resisit! 😂
@@ChicagoGardener thanks for that amazing information. My question is how long can the plant last in a pot 1 yr 2 yr ?? How do you know it’s time to move up to a bigger pot.
I am in zone 6a Ontario and we have pretty brutal winter here and I’ve seen the hydrangeas that bloom on old wood is not blooming this season
I live in chicago what if I cover it with another same size pot ? Will that protect it from the winter ?
Great video! I have 3 on a big pot for the past 3 years, I water them 2 or 3 times a week due to hot 🔥 weather here, about 91degrees, I have too in a shaded wall whit maybe 4-5 hours of sun but I barely get 2 or 3 blooms, should I give them more sun? Also you mentioned, fertilize twice a year, if I haven't fertilize them in the past year would it be OK if I fertilize them now?
Yes! I would fertilize now.
Hi, plz. Update about begonia & Hydrangea plant.
Here in chicago they live ok everybody keep it uncover. With tons of snow. Temp below, zero. And they survive..
18-20 inch pot seems very large. Is that really necessary or only if you plan to grow them very big?
Hi! Thank you for a nice video! I got a potted hydrangea in late spring which has been growing well on my balcony. However, the fall is now here, I live in the hardiness zone 5 and in an apartment building with no unheated garage or basement. The only possible places to keep my plants at home are either the balcony, a storage space in the balcony (without any insulation so not much warmer probably) or inside of the apartment (which is quite warm). Would it be possible to overwinter it in any of these places?
Would it be possible to put it in the balcony storage space and then pack burlap or some other insulating material around the pot? I think that’s what I would try.
@@ChicagoGardener I will try it out! Thanks!
Hi Bethany - I have a covered screened in porch that gets the perfect amount of sun in the morning for hydrangeas, however, I wasn't sure if I grow them in containers on a covered porch, if they would need bee pollination in order to bloom. Any advice? Thanks so much 🙂
I’ve never done it myself but my aunt has some in her sun room!
What type of fertilizer do you use? Also how do you prone the flowers when they start to wilt?
Mesmo em uma pequena área de plantio monocromático
Are hydrangeas able to rebloom while in containers?
can you divide the roots of a hydrangea mine is huge and to me should be outside. live in scotand
New Subscriber here!! Just bought our FIRST HOUSE and am beginning my journey of gardening! I bought these huge black planter. Its 21 inches tall and 11 in wide across each way. With that much DEPTH how do I fill it up 🥺 Do I just need bags and bags of soil? Thank in advance!
If what you plant it in will use all the space, yes lots of soil!! I also like to mix in compost as well from local garden centers. If you don’t need all the space, I have seen people fill the bottom of large containers with bark or mulch then put soil on top.
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Absolutely gorgeous!! Do you change out your soil each season (or amend it in any way) or nah?
I haven’t changed it in the hydrangea pots but I do add compost each spring!
@@ChicagoGardener Got it - thank you!! 👍🏾😊
Hello dear. I have this plant in my garden in London uk . Please let me know when can i put Fertilisers?
Kind regard
Parveen ghafoor
Do we need to propagate hydrangeas if yes how we can do this?
This hydrangea and container both are beautiful ...😍😍can you specify where you got this container
Thank you! I got the container on Amazon. It’s called the Countryside Tub Planter.
@@ChicagoGardener thanks 😊
Can you show me what kind of fertilizer that you used for hydrangeas and how propotion of soil to fertilizer ? Thank you somuch.
Hello! I love your videos! But I need your help! I potted my hydrangea & I overwatered it. I also thought I had to water hydrangeas over head since they want so much water but apparently I wasn’t supposed to do that. My pot soil started growing white mushrooms. On the web it said if hydrangeas do this that there’s no treatment & mushroom root rot will kill the hydrangea. So I started pulling it out. When I noticed, the white mushrooms were growing from the outside potting soil I added to fill the pot & not growing from the hydrangea soil. Do I keep the hydrangea and change the pot soil or ?
The only way I’ve managed to save a plant from root rot was to replant it into dry soil! So I took the whole plant out, knocked off as much soil as possible, and replanted I’m fresh dry soil.
@@ChicagoGardener thank you so much for your advice! I will be trying this !
Thanks so much for this info . It’s my favourite colour . My leaves or hydra gena are falling in spite green ... what can be the reason ? Please guide .
Is your hydrangea in the ground or a container? I would check for water issues first, either too much or too little.
@@ChicagoGardener it’s in container ... I guess the container may be the issue too. Thanks so much for ur prompt reply . I will look into it . 💖💖❤️💕💕
Can you link everything you used?
I repotted my hydrangeas and the flowers and leaves started to browned, help ! Please
Blessings! I live in New Jersey how I protect my hydrangeas in winter?
If you have an unheated garage or shed, id recommend putting it there for the winter. If not, move it up against the wall of a building for more winter protection.
Should I be pruning? I am learning how to grow in pots, so far they are all alive, yay
Yay!! Pruning will differ depending on the variety. The safest bet, if you don’t throw away labels like I do 🤣, is to Google the exact variety and pruning.
I’m in the Chicago area as well! So can I leave them in a container in my Solarium during those Cold Winters?
What temperature is it in the solarium during winter?
@@ChicagoGardener Now it’s around 60-70 , but winter it can get down to 20-30
Could you please help a very new gardener?:) I currently have a hydrangea in a pot and it has many flowers ( like in your video) but the flowers are curling inwards and fading in colour. I had the pot inside the house by a window in April (because it was still too cold outside- live in Toronto Canada) . I am afraid to move it to full morning sun in my back yard - afraid it will dry out . Any thoughts on why the flowers are fading ? And also can I cut the flowers and would that propagate more flower growth? Any tips on how to keep them looking fresh and how to prune the flowers to keep new ones coming would be greatly appreciated:) Thank you:)
Yes! I remove the faded blooms on my hydrangeas throughout the season. I try to keep mine in the shadiest part of the deck bc the full sun up here can cause the flowers and leaves to turn brown.
@@ChicagoGardener so just cut off the flowers? I have moved them to the backyard - with shade - fingers crossed:)
What fertilizer do you use for hydrangeas in containers? My blue color blooms are now changing to green .
Bought from store, repotted in large container with good potting soil. Was blooming perfectly for a month.
I use anything “bloom boosting” for fertilizer but the bloom color is dependent upon soil acidity, so you might want to try adding soil acidified to the pot.
@@ChicagoGardener can you mention the name of the brand for any “bloom boosting” fertilizer?
How long can the average hydrangea stay in the container? I mean do the out grow it and die after a year or two?
From my experience, 2 to 3 years before I need to pot it into a larger container!
Where did you get that container? Do you mind sending a link of one like that or one similar
I think it was from Amazon. I searched for large, white plastic containers.
When exactly do you bring the hydrangea in your garage? When its leaves die or as soon as the weather gets to certain degree Celsius? Thank you!
Usually when the leaves have fallen off!
@@ChicagoGardenerThank you very much ❤️