Thank you so much! Happy gardening to you!

Your zone 7a garden must be stunning at this time of the year with all the hydrangeas in full bloom. Thanks for letting me know! Happy gardening!

That’s sounds wonderful! Happy gardening Lorraine! 💚💚💚

Thank you! We are lucky to have neighbours that like gardening and have since planted many hydrangeas as well.

I have to cut back the plants in the baskets soon so hopefully I can show you how I maintain them to keep them full and happy. :-)

Thank you for letting me know. I think you have a great question and I'm not sure if my thinking is correct now. 🤪 I do have to think about this..🤔..the back of the house is facing north but the plants in the back garden get "south" sun. So is my back gardening "facing north" because the back of the house "faces north"? or "south facing" because it gets "south sun"? 🤪 I just "assume" the front of the house faces south so the front garden is "south facing" and thus back garden is "north facing" but I'm not sure what the proper convention is now. :-)

You are super! Thank you! Yes, many of the plants in the garden are about 6-7 years old and are filling in and/or "fully" grown into its space. I do have to divide and possibly move some of the plants.

Very few blooms on mine this year too. They bloom on old growth and if you've cut them back (the things that look like dead sticks) or if there was a freeze, like what happened in my area, after they came out of dormancy you won't get any or will get few blooms.

I agree with you DOLsenior as well. :-)

If you are in zone 4-6, the cycles of warm/frost in late winter and early spring tend to kill their blooms on old wood (formed from the previous year's growth). Another reason could be that they get too much fertilizer and that encourages foliage growth and not blooms. The best fertilizer for hydrangeas is a slow release type like the one used for roses or perennials (10-10-10) or one that is specific for "acid loving" plants. You should only give each plant a small amount in late winter or early spring. If the hydrangeas are types that can bloom on new wood - you may still get some blooms but later on in the season. Hope you get some blooms soon.

To get the Boomerang lilac to rebloom earlier, you may need to prune it a bit right after the first flush of blooms and give it a handful of rose food and compost. If you don't do any pruning, it will rebloom but later on in the season. Give the Bobo another year to get rooted in and it will improve for you.

The pots are from Costco online. You can also buy them at Rona and Lowes. Thank you!

I actually only give the hydrangeas some compost back in the spring and no fertilizers. The hydrangeas at the front garden got too much compost and are not doing as well as the plants in the back garden. Hydrangeas are not heavy feeders and don't tend to need too much food. The excess fertilizers tend to encourage foliage growth and not blooms. Next year, you can try to hold back the fertilizer and see if you notice the difference. All the best.

The Japanese maples keep the colour you see in this video all summer long. The best colour is in spring and fall.

Thank you for letting me know. Next video will be just me and a whole lot of "me talking". Happy gardening!

You have such a nice voice and I know it's alot of work talking in videos and everybody likes different things, your very understanding and gracious 🙏😊