"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Growing an ethereal garden you want to look at every day requires one crucial component: variety. While a ...

* What it is: A new variety of our native smooth hydrangea that's distinctive for its pink flowers. Smooth hydrangeas normally bloom white. Flowers are big and round (bigger than softballs) and peak ...

We sure can say it felt like summer the past couple of weeks. Although the rains were heavy at times, they saved many wilted plants. Many new gardeners do not realize you really have to be in tune ...

During late winter, the strikingly beautiful flower heads of the pink ball tree hang like upside down hydrangea flower clusters from the tree. So uncommon here that the Sunset Western Garden Book does ...

If you've always wanted pink and purple French hydrangeas but your plants stay stubbornly blue, try this soil amendment that's hiding in your fireplace.

The third week of July is the beginning of hydrangea season. I love hydrangeas so much that I have an entire outdoor garden room devoted to shade-loving hydrangeas. (You can see the blue and white ...