Thank you. Aside from the headaches I am doing much better. I just wish Mom Nature would give my little corner of the Concord River some rain. Happy gardening to you. 🌸

Thank you. I am humbled at your kind comment. 😌

Thank you, my pleasure. Thank you for watching. 🌻

Hello, thank you for watching. If there aren't too many leaves, snip them off and dispose of them in the trash, just to be safe. It could be a fungal infection and removing them from the plant will help. Happy gardening. 🌻

Hi, yes, the rain we received over the past four days was truly a blessing. It formed a deep watering of my hydrangeas. Always water at the roots around the drip line using a seeping method which allows for good root development. Congratulations on your new plants. If you have the time, check out the Hydrangea Festival on Cape Cod. Happy gardening. 🌻

Oh I am thrilled my video was helpful. Thank you for watching. Happy gardening 🌼

Thank you. Some days are better than others. Enjoy the much needed rain. 🌸

@@TinthiaClemant the wind and the rain were beautiful music and the earth was very easy to work with today. my peppers and tomatoes have doubled in size in this week! yay blessed be

@@tcordery6104 you have a poetic way to your words. Blessed be. 💞

@@TinthiaClemant xo I hope this morning finds you feeling better madame river lady. may all of mother natures beauty and song bring you peace and happiness. today and always sister. so mote it be. blessed be.

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Hello, it does appear you’ve been giving too much water and may have developed root rot. No worries, back off on watering and invest in a water meter from your local garden center or hardware store. Or pull some soil about and inch below the surface and squeeze. If the soil clumps together no water needed. When you water from below which is good, water away from the root ball at the base of the main stem. Snip off the brown flower heads. Have you fed the plants recently? How much sun are they getting? Keep me posted. 🌼

Great. Be careful though, copper can be toxic to plants as well as helpful. Happy gardening. 🌻

Don't give up on it; sometimes it takes a few years for hydrangeas to flourish. How much sun is she getting? Morning is best. Check the food you are feeding it; the phosphorous number should be higher than nitrogen and potassium. Don't use manure as it is high in nitrogen and too much nitrogen prevents blossoms. You could try giving the plant a helping of compost; not manure. Water it deeply when you do water her. Have you done a hard springtime pruning? That can shock the plant and diminish blossom production. Also, avoid pruning her once her leaves fill out. That said, mopheads are more temperamental than Annabelle, which is a smooth hydrangea and blooms on new wood and can tolerate more sun. I am happy to report one of my hydrangeas, which only gave me two pitiful blossoms last year for the first time is loaded this year. She is in her fifth season so hang in there, yours might surprise you. I do hope i have helped you. Keep me posted and happy gardening. 🌸

@@TinthiaClemant In the beginning (first few years) I tried to follow your pruning advice and I understand that mopheads bloom on old wood and set their blooms in the fall for next year. When I created the bed it is in, I used a mixture of native soil, compost, manure, top soil, and peat moss mixed well with a tiller. I use soaker hoses to get a deep slow watering and do not overhead water. I'll give it a shot of super bloom water soluable food and see if that helps. I'm suspecting the hard freeze and ice we received in north Louisiana (zone 8b) after it broke bud could have impacted it in a negative way. I have not pruned it at all this year or last year so I could rule out pruning as an issue.

@@TinthiaClemant it gets morning sun till about 11::30 am, then it gets dappled sun/shade from the neighbor's giant oak trees.

@@Pipkin50 Hi, a hard frost after the plant broke dormancy could be the reason for no blooms. However, I suspect you might have too much nitrogen in your soil; especially learning you used manure. You could try testing your soil with a kit available at your local garden center to double check. I would test the soil before feeding. Then I would use some compost instead of plant food to feed her, if the test results reveal low phosphorus; the nutrient needed for blossom production. I await your results. 😌

That is a possible reason but one that must be tested by a lab, not best left to an at home test. Your local Master Gardening group would know where to send the soil. However, if the plant is being fed and the soil is amended with compost iron deficiency shouldn't be an issue. Getting on the leaves is typically the issue, although the weather we are having now, high humidity and high heat with rainy spells, is likely the reason for the current blossoming of brown leaves as these conditions encourage fungus. I'm seeing a ton of plants in my town with brown leaves. Happy gardening. 🌻