The hydrangea is the undisputed Queen of the Southern Garden. Whether you grow, a big leaf, panicle, smooth, or oakleaf variety, a well-tended hydrangea will give you lots and lots of gorgeous blooms ...

This handsome woody vine needs a climbing surface, without which it does not produce flowers. Like trumpet creeper and climbing euonymus, adventitious roots readily cling to tree bark, stone walls and ...

Climbing hydrangea requires only one thing of a gardener: patience. It is slow to establish, but once settled in, there’s no turning it back. Or turning it around either. I’ll explain what I mean by ...

The first time I saw a climbing hydrangea, it was growing its way up the trunk of a majestic oak. I was smitten, and Hydrangea anomala subsp. petiolaris also climbed its way to the No. 1 spot on my ...

For about 15 years, a big yellow garage marked the south boundary of our backyard garden. It set off the blue bigleaf hydrangeas very nicely, but it wasn’t exactly the look we wanted. The garage is ...

The climbing hydrangea was a good choice for your garden’s growing conditions, so I do not think you should try planting another vine. Climbing hydrangeas grow in full sun or partial shade and are not ...

For about 15 years, a big yellow garage marked the south boundary of our backyard garden. It set off the blue bigleaf hydrangeas very nicely, but it wasn’t exactly the look we wanted. The garage is ...