Growing Hydrangeas In Pots ~ Compact Hydrangeas Perfect For Containers

I am so excited because today I am creating a hydrangea garden on my deck with 10 different compact hydrangea varieties! I have been dreaming about having a hydrangea garden for so long and now I'm making my dream a reality.

00:00 Intro
03:15 Hydrangea Varieties
17:36 Container Types
21:31 Planting Hydrangeas
27:30 Setting Up The Garden
30:05 Maintenance & Care Tips

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[franbernhards]

I went from one Limelight hydrangea planted two seasons ago to 13 different kinds now planted in my garden (only one in a large pot). Yes, we may have a hydrangea problem. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 Love them!

[Sherman]

I like that Church and the canopy of tree tops blowing in the breeze in the background!!! Nice Deck too! Awesome Hydrangeas!!! : )

[Bao_Tram]

Your dress and hat looks lovely and so classic! ❤

[nicholasryan]

Beautiful containers and hydrangeas, They are the bees knees.

[sandrakhang]

Thank you for doing this video.
I very much like hydrangea as well. I'm still trying to grow in pot over the winter, too.

[carm]

I have a tuff stuff a-ha hydrangea in my back yard, and I could never figure out what specifically it was (it was here when I moved in). So thank you, today I learned!

[MrWhitneye]

Really enjoyed the video! I got myself a bunch of Hydrangeas this spring and summer, and I'd like to keep them year after year on my balcony. I'm in USDA zone 7 and I don't have any unheated garage space to overwinter them. So, my plan is to just leave them out on the balcony. My main concern is whether or not to water them during the winter. I was hoping to find an answer to this quest.

[IRONWEED_]

12:53 This one could be coppiced to just above the ground in late winter or early spring, every few years. It might also need root-pruning but less often.

[helenagreenwood]

PSW might stand for plastic stone and wood - love hydrangeas I have 2 limelight in the ground 4 Annabelle in pots and 2 macrophillia in pots one is blue 💙 and the other is 🩷 maybe in the future you could dedicate a bed to the larger hydrangeas 🌺🌸🌿🌸🌺

[Sherman]

You make my Hydrangea Dreams come true Miss Chicago Gardener!!!! I just watered mine as they love to drink!!!! ; ) They are doing quite well in the shade in their Pot!!! Please have an Awesome TGIF!!! : ) Might add some Worm castings for EXTRA FUN!!! : )

[IRONWEED_]

Wabash Avenue in downtown Chicago (e.g. between Jackson and Van Buren) has sidewalk planting beds with what seems to be old-school limelight hydrangeas. The spent blooms are kept for winter interest but the shrubs are cut low ahead of the growing season. They get around 30 inches tall and the aggressive pruning prevents a lot of floppiness.

[kaychaney]

I have some tuff stuff ah-ha hydrangeas. It took a year or two but they are magnificent! I have acid soil so the blue blooms are amazing.

[Alex-xhtb]

I am planning to get Bloomstruck Hydrangea in a container in NYC. How do you think?

[zlatamontgomery]

I’m love coffee colore- pots. It’s almost “ mushroom colore “. Florida

[tracythomas]

I think I have 6 hydrangeas. I’ve purchased the tuff stuff ah-ha for a second time this year. The one I bought last year didn’t survive our winter. Thanks for such a great video on hydrangeas. ❤️🪴

[MarianneHuff]

Now I have to get some hydrangeas . I really love your posts. Good luck with those beautiful hydrangeas. Where did you get that hat?

[donaqiu]

Hi! I have a question for you, I noticed that you put pot lifts instead of saucers under your pots. Would those be better to use instead of saucers. I’ve been using saucers and I am wondering if I should switch. Thanks! I’m a container gardener newbie. 😂

[mifasola]

I'm a lifelong Chicagoan from the "hood", ....now living in Holland MI, 6b and I'm loving that church behind you while you're potting up that hydrangea. Is that St Bonaventure? I don't remember which church has two towers like that or is it Saint Stanislaus Kostka?

[mariahh]

Great information, thanks. When you over winter them in garage, do you water them and if so how often until spring when you are ready to put them back on your devk?

[RHFactorat]

Bethany, do you find that any genus of hydrangea fares well in partial shade (shaded by garage, primarily morning sun)?