It’s Hydrangea season, and in the Northeast, in particular, this summer, it’s REALLY been a crazy hydrangea season in 2024, with billows of blue bloom from big-leaf hydrangeas on view everywhere, it seems—which is not always the case, in colder hardiness zones. It seemed like a good time to review what makes hydrangeas happy….and what hydrangeas make me and my old friend Ken Druse happy.

Hydrangea-loving Ken Druse, who gardens in New Jersey, is the author of 20 garden books ranging in topic from shade gardening and plant propagation to fragrance in the garden and more. He’s my co-host on the Virtual Garden Club series of online classes we offer in fall, winter and early spring semesters, and I always glad for an excuse to talk plants with him anytime. (Photo: ‘Invincibelle’ hydrangea from Proven Winners.)

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