Hydrangea Care

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Maria Failla- Happy Plant Lady and Author of Growing Joy: The Plant Lover's Guide to Cultivating Happiness

Education, How To, Health & Fitness, Mental Health, Home & Garden, Leisure

4.8 • 883 Ratings

🗓️ 21 May 2024

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Hydrangeas are beautiful flowers, and they represent a wide range of emotions in different cultures. Yes, they can be tricky to grow, but they are relatively low-maintenance with the right care! In this episode, you will learn everything you need to know about hydrangeas from Ryan McEnaney aka @ryanplantsplants, your new best plant friend. I bumped into him in Seattle during the Northwestern Flower Show a few weeks back. We grabbed dinner and it was crazy how much we clicked!

Ryan is a fifth-generation member of Bailey Nurseries, which is known for their Endless Summer hydrangeas, Easy Elegance Roses, and First Edition shrubs. His lifetime spent with hydrangeas has given him a strong grasp on their care, and he’s willing to share these tips with us!

In this episode, we learn:

[06:13] What has Ryan’s plant parent journey looked like?
[09:54] What are the 4 main species of hydrangea?
[13:42] Understanding bloom cycles for pruning
[16:56] Say goodbye to balcony watering stress this summer with self-watering planters!
[17:23] Learn how to create the perfect cutting garden for bouquets with The Cut Flower Handbook
[18:25] What is the blooming cycle of hydrangeas?
[20:09] When should you prune hydrangeas?
[22:40] How does soil affect the color of Hydrangea macrophylla blooms?
[28:58] What should you know about planting hydrangeas in the ground?
[30:12] What’s the general light guideline?
[30:42] Common mistakes people make with planting hydrangea
[31:23] Get everything you need, from containers to raised beds, with Gardener's Supply Company
[32:40] Check your hydrangeas’ soil acidity with Espoma Organics
[34:30] Why is it important to choose hydrangeas with flower buds?
[42:42] How to extend the length of hydrangea blooms
[48:26] Where can you find Ryan on social media?
[48:43] Where can you get Ryan’s book ‘Field Guide to Outside Style’?

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Transcript

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0:00.0	A hedge full of enormous, juicy, blossoming hydrangeous spilling over the curb
0:06.8	is one of the most gorgeous aspects of any garden or home front vista, right?
0:12.1	It's giving class, it's giving regal. In different cultures,
0:15.6	hydranges can mean abundance or heartfelt emotion, gratitude, or even boastfulness.
0:21.2	Whatever hydrangea mean to you, they are certainly a showstopper both in the garden and in the vase.
0:26.0	Now, if you have heard about growing hydrangea, you'll likely know that there are a few things that can be a little bit finicky when getting them set up.
0:33.2	But once you plant them correctly, it's a set it and forget it situation.
0:36.8	But you do have to know a few specific things about your environment in order to make your
0:41.3	hydrange you thrive and get those enormous blooms that we all love so much.
0:45.0	So today, to ensure that you have a season of gorgeous blooming hydrangea that bring you so much
0:50.8	joy and no stress, we dedicate a whole episode to their care.
0:55.0	Welcome.
0:57.0	Welcome.
1:02.0	Welcome to the Growing Joy with Plants Podcast, where we not only learn how to care for plants
1:06.4	successfully, but how to simply and affordably use our plant babies to cultivate more
1:10.9	joy in our lives by doing so.
1:13.3	I'm Maria, former plant killer turned happy plant lady,
1:16.6	author of Growing Joy, the Plant Lover's Guide to Cultivating Happiness,
1:19.6	speaker, podcaster, and most importantly,
1:22.2	your new best plant friend. On Growing Joy with Plants you'll find
1:25.4	conversations about house plant care, gardening tutorials and wellness through
1:29.2	the lens of plants. Plant care is self-care.
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