Hey friends today we are going to be planting five gorgeous Incrediball hydrangeas if you
have been a follower of Creekside for a length of time you know that we had five Incredibles
planted back here on the back side of this flower bed because I think if you know Incredibles I'm
sure that you have seen the iconic photo from the nursery the trial beds of scream
at a nursery where they have the infamous famous arch of incredible hydrangeas and I love that I
think it is absolutely gorgeous wanted to create that here behind the seating wall of the patio
so when we did our patio and planted this I guess it was two years ago we had Incredibles they did
really well and so the first year then last year last spring they were gorgeous and blooming their
heads off stunning and then something happened and they just slowly declined throughout the
whole summer last year and ended up dying I had to take them out not sure exactly what happened
we have some ideas but we're not quite sure so we're going to try it again because I say you
keep trying to plant until you figure out what's wrong maybe it's wrong location all those kinds
of things I really don't think that's what that was because they did great for a year and a half
we have gorgeous seven gallons that we are going to use because Jenny can be quite an impatient
Gardener and so when we knew that we were going to try these again I had Jerry find me the biggest
Incredibles he could from another wholesale supplier and so these are beautiful seven gallon
Incredibles that are already covered in buds so they have sweet little flower buds on them if
you're not familiar with Incredibles Incredibles are a smooth hydrangea from Proven Winners that
classic kind of Annabelle type hydrangea can get four to five feet tall and wide Bloom on new
growths why we love them so we can prune them back every year we're guaranteeing blooms that is what
I love about hydrangeas that bloom on New Growth is your guaranteed flowers every single year and
they just create this beautiful massive pure white creamy white mop head of a flower they are massive
hence that's why they are called incredible balls these gorgeous balls and just make a
great statement now for us where we're going to be in this flower bed it is a full sun bed sun
up to sundown they get it it is on irrigation we have drip irrigation in there you can probably see
the tube that's hanging out there and so they do well I am holding the power planter auger because
um a couple of reasons that we chose to use the power planter drill and auger set one it's easy
that we can just get up there and even though these are seven gallons this is the nine inch
bit and we'll use like make a triangle with holes with this and then we'll just get the
shovel and dig it out so that The Incredibles that fit down in there we could have used the
Bobcat the small Bobcat with a bigger auger on it but we got a ton of rain last week and
so the ground is still really wet and it would make more of a mess for us to bring the Bobcat
up there and most people don't have Bobcats you know just hanging out at their house with a you
know a big old auger on it so we decided to use the power planter and a good old shovel
now if you don't have the power planter one you need to get one if you do if you Garden a lot
even if you have thick clay soil like we do that is really the only thing that we use rarely do I
use a shovel to dig a hole to plant plants so let me show you what we're doing here we're going to
amend the soil with the black gold this is the natural organic raised bed potting mix this is
where you could plant directly into this mix so if you have a container a raised bed garden boxes
and you want a really great soil to plant in then this is what you're going to use wonderful has
like aged pine bark in it it's got some compost it's got earthworm castings really nice nutrients
that are in this so we're going to come up and we're going to get our rake and we're going to
rate back all of this Mulch and amend this whole area with the raised bed mix that way if there was
some sort of nutrient deficiency or something going on with the soil that will help counter
that so we've got five of them right five of The Incredibles they get four to five feet tall and
wide so we're going to space them out through here we did have them the original ones were planted
where this irrigation line is we're going to pull them back and come up a little bit closer this way
we don't really walk back here so it's okay that the hydrangeas kind of go over into the Rock path
that way it will also leave this room in front of them if we wanted to put either another shrub
like a low growing shrub or perennials right so that gives us options we have here in front these
are double play doozy spireas they are actually getting ready to flower I have got buds on them
and in one I have a little a bud coming out and it is incredibly windy today y'all um so we're
doing the best we can here but the double play doozy spirea does nice hot pink flowers on it
blooms on New Growth you can see it's a beautiful color all that new growth is really that kind
of the magenta color so really nice to have the Incredibles back here behind it if we pull them
back we will have space here if we want to add something later right I don't think we're going
to do that today the main goal today is just to get these beautiful Incredibles in their
new home so they can get nice and established and welcomed to their new home we can see them
it'll be gorgeous we like having them here even though they get four to five feet tall at maturity
it's really nice behind the wall because when you're sitting either like at the fire pit in
the rocking chairs or we're on the having supper at the table then you've got this nice hedge that
fills in with those Gorgeous Flowers so really excited to get this done Jerry is helping me today
so that's really nice to have sweet thing with me today so the plan is is that we're going to rate
back the mulch amend with the potting mix raised bed mix then we're going to OG the holes biotone
get the babies in the ground bring the mulch back that's pretty much a plan but we're going to take
you along for the whole journey so without further Ado we're going to get to work [Music]
thank you
okay guys so what we've done is we have placed the hydrangeas where we want them Jerry's foot
is almost like exactly measures one foot so we just use his feet it is um the hydrangeas
are two feet off of the edging here so that way they will have they will come right to this Edge
just kind of Kiss The Edge right here so they are two feet away and then they are about three and a
half feet distance wise that way they will grow together as maturity it'll be a nice beautiful
hedge and they will be touching each other going this way now you'll notice that we used the power
planter auger and we got a nice big hole dug not too deep we want these hydrangeas to be raised
up a little bit so that way it makes sure that the water drains away and they're not sitting in water
and get too far down because when you have clay soil that is a big thing you want those shrubs to
be up above the native soil line by about an inch that way water doesn't pool and they don't rot we
also got the holes nice and wide they are probably on each side of the root ball maybe there's like
eight inches of open space all the way around so a nice big wide hole this soil is interesting
because it is a little bit of construction soil from when we did the patio and so in certain areas
especially more on the corners there's a lot of gravel in there and that is from left over from
the construction of the patio so what we're going to do is we have that black gold the raised bed
mix we're going to come back in here with that raised bed mix and we're going to backfill these
holes and plant these hydrangeas in that raised bed mix we are not going to put anything on the
bottom they're just sitting exactly where they're going to go of course we're going to put biotone
in there first because biotone is that great starter fertilizer really targets your Healthy
root growth so we want to make sure and add that because if you have a strong healthy root system
then you have a beautiful plant up top so biotone then the raised bed mix backfill these holes and
then the native soil what we're going to do is kind of bring it down in front of between the
spireas and The Incredibles and kind of create a little bit of a burn because where the old
Incredibles were we have bits of some divots so we need to fill that in so that it's a nice
smooth area and that all the water will drain nice and well from there so we're using this
is because it is the raised bed mix it is not a heavy compacted soil everything will drain really
nicely through here and then it adds that great nutrition because remember you can plant directly
in the raised bed mix if we wanted to we could have not dug the holes at all and just brought
in tons of raised bed mix and planted directly in that doesn't really make a whole lot of sense
right here so we're just going to use that to really amend the soil and get these hydrangeas
in here so that way they have a wonderful nice hospitable environment to grow in and that they
will flourish so that's what we're going to do next biotone and then the raised bed mix
all right my friends so today's project is complete we can check this one off the list
it has been uh on the list for quite a while now and instantly it just looks so much better Jackson
came out here and he was like wow it's nice to see green here again and yes it definitely is
um so the whole idea of this project and the I guess the lesson to be learned here is
things do not always go right in life and certainly not in gardening so sometimes you
just have to kind of stop think regroup and just decide how to move forward we went back and forth
a lot on do we try The Incredibles again do we go ahead and put some gardenias here like what
you know what do we want to do so we sat on this for a long time and I really really want to have
Incredibles here because I think they just make such a beautiful elegant statement and in my head
it is going to be stunning and gorgeous and we'll be able to use these and enjoy these hydrangeas
for many many years to come so for me it was worth it trying these again I have full confidence that
we're going to have great success with these and that they are going to do wonderful and if they
don't then we'll pivot and we'll figure something else out and we'll go from there so you know as
a gardener you have to decide what is it that you really want and some plants are just worth
it and you're going to try it I read somewhere and I'm trying to remember exactly who said it
I don't remember who said it but it was a really wonderful Gardener horticulturist who had just has
nosed plants really well and he said I um I kill a plant three or four times before I just write it
off and say I can't grow it in my garden so we've only killed it off once so we've got a couple more
times to go but these Incredibles are going to be stunning if you're interested in Incredibles
I really encourage you to check them out they are such a wonderful classic hydrangea different than
Annabelle's in the fact that they have really strong sturdy stems Annabelle's can get floppy
um but not The Incredibles nice strong sturdy stamps I never had an issue with mine being
floppy even though they had the big beautiful blooms on them this year with along with my
panicles I'm going to try to cut some flowers throughout the growing season because these
Bloom on New Growth we should get a second flush of brand new blooms closer to the fall because
we have such an incredibly long growing season so they already have buds on them they start to
bloom they're beautiful I will come in clean them up use those flowers for some bouquets and then
hopefully we'll have enough time in the season that they will reflush with fresh blooms later
on in the summer and into fall and it will just be a gorgeous display so on that note we are going to
say goodbye hope this has been fun informative and inspirational y'all have a fantastic day
and as always thanks so much for guarding the Creekside we'll see in the next video bye friends