Not until I put in a 'Go Warriors!'

Sorry ... but BOSTON Is the Best sports town in USA... LOL... just having fun

You have obviously never been to a game at any sports stadium in Seattle :-) The crowd noise and enthusiasm is deafening!! College football, pro football, baseball and soccer - it is all the same.

Shirley, who the heck are the Warriors??

The Golden State Warriors - Pro Basketball Team! Talk about loud crowds. Were once called the San Francisco Warriors and now Golden State. We were season ticket holders for more than 20 years - way back in the days when they were pretty terrible - but we were passionate and loved them all. We were friends with the owners, management and some players. But, with only 3000 - 4000 fans at a game is was hard not to be noticed! Now they are champs and we watch and cheer on tv.

Hi ophoenix, Congratulations on your Warriors Great Team....update on my Haas Halo 1gal coming along nicely

Thanks hyed! We were season ticket holders when there would be 1500 - 2000 fans in the stadium! The owner of the team would walk around and shake everyone's hand who showed up! Yep - a few years ago. We suffered through 19 years of 'almost winning' games. So many games and so many losses! lol And now they are the champs and people are talking dynasty! They were really fun to watch in the playoffs.

Halo looks great. Will be fun to see the blossom when it opens fully.

The difference in numbers of fans was after a correction by my husband! lol Except when we play Boston, then there would be more Boston fans than Warrior's. Of course we all wore colors so it was easy to identify the fans team.

Ophoenix I can go Waaay back when they played at Cow Palace...LOL

Me too!

UPDATE (July 2023):

So this thread is mostly 5 years old, with several of you having bought one back then. I'd love to hear updates. I ask as an experienced gardening friend of mine says it is her favourite hydrangea. But it is a bit hard to source.

July 2021

Thanks for that HU. How is it faring this season? How large is it currently and what sun conditions does it experience?

Mine gets 2-3 hours of sun at the most and very little water. Such a wonderful plant

Excellent pics @oursteelers 8B PNW. I'm kind of curious how much sun it can take and be a "wonderful plant" :).

That I don’t know since it’s in a ton of shade here but it gets missed by the sprinkler so it is by far thr most drought tolerant hydrangea I have

I was visiting a friend who has had a HH in her garden for 3 seasons. She said it was quite small when she planted it...between several pine trees. She never waters it.

Outside right now and reading about this hydrangea. Bought one last fall. It made it through winter and it sounds like it should put on some growth this year. I got it because it did well in the mt Cuba trials. Gotta get some soil around the roots.

We had significant drought last year snd Haas Halo performed very well with minimal supplemetal water.

IMO, if you have room, it is a great hydrangea.

Here is one of ours today.

(@Jameszone7a Philadelphia, how is yours doing?)

You are all turning me very green with envy with your gorgeous HH that I cannot find locally here!!!!! LOL!

I've got to stop reading this thread because really, the last thing I need is another white hydrangea! I have seven hydrangeas, and five of them are white lol! But this one is very tempting. I especially like the part about being drought tolerant and doing well in lots of shade. And it's just beautiful too.

A bit off topic, but rouge, since your other thread it's been bugging me what it was you planted along that fence a few years back, which I asked about on that other thread. Now seeing this picture, I wonder if it was a rodgersia? Do I see one back there, and was this perhaps divided and moved here? Sorry if I'm pestering about this, but every time I open your other thread (and now this one lol) I'm wondering what it was you planted and if it ever made it or not.....

:)

Dee

Hey Dee not a pester at all! I appreciate your interest in my conundrum :).

I did answer it in the other thread!

I have had a few stand alone plants in that corner over the years. The one that lasted the longest was a "Lucy" hibiscus standard. After there have been (at least?) two Japanese Maples :(.

(Just to clarify, the corner shown above with the Haas Halo is not the same corner shown in the thread https://www.gardenweb.com/discussions/6571271/need-suggestions-for-shadier-back-corner#n=38)

@diggerdee zone 6 CT, do you have room for another white hydrangea such as HH? If so you gotta do it!

lol, rouge, this back corner thing was bugging me so much I did a search in GW, and I found the thread I was thinking of. You asked about moving goatsbeard out of a corner and replacing it. And guess what you wanted to replace it with? HAAS HALO!! Hahaha!

https://www.gardenweb.com/discussions/6388342/leave-well-enough-alone#n=67

At least I know I wasn't going crazy lol. And I have to add, I was walking through the yard this morning, thinking how the blooms on my White Dome hydrangea got fried in the heat, but the other FOUR white hydrangeas were still looking good... and the thought crossed my mind, "hmm, maybe I CAN squeeze in another white hydrangea...."

:)

Dee

Thanks to you, Rouge, I sought this hydrangea out. Not easy to find but I am thrilled to say there is a nursery in Brantford holding a Haas Halo for me until I can get there in a couple of weeks. Apparently quite a few people have requested it!

Brantford...."Walters Gardens" by chance?

Yes, that's correct! I used to live in that area and still see my eye doctor in Brantford. I had inquired about this shrub in early spring and was told they couldn't source it this year. But some time later I got an email telling me that they had managed to source some plugs and that the shrubs would be ready mid July. Once they were ready I got yet another email to let me know, and ultimately they offered to hold one for me until I was there for my optometrist appointment. Talk about service!!

I placed an order earlier in the Spring for a HH with "Walters" and was told later that they couldn't bring them in 😡.

Well that's unfortunate. I was pretty impressed with them, but I guess they dropped the ball in your case..

Did I already mention that I got 3 HH from "Walters" 3 or 4 years back. (I kept 2 and gave one to someone else). I honestly have no room for another....it just bugs me that they didn't follow up with me. Its not like they knew I had no room :).

(When you go there can you ask where they got the plugs from ie who the specific grower is?)

Will do, Rouge! I know when I mentioned Blue Sky I was told that particular grower did not have them., but I suppose that could have changed. We'll see.

Nope. I had reached out to Blue Sky earlier on and they were not growing them.

hmm, maybe I CAN squeeze in another white hydrangea....

Yes Dee, I say you can ;)

the other FOUR white hydrangeas were still looking good...

Did I miss it ie what specific 4?

Yeah, up above I mentioned : "...I've got to stop reading this thread because really, the last thing I need is another white hydrangea! I have seven hydrangeas, and five of them are white..."

But I only know for sure two of them. I have a White Dome (least favorite bloom but I adore this shrub for the pollinators (the shrub is literally buzzing with life, it's amazing!) the quick growth, and the length of time the blooms (usually) last) . I also have a Bombshell.

The others are MAYBE a Limelight, I THINK a Quickfire, and a third I just can't ID. All three were gotten at swaps and I once knew what they were but never labeled them well.

I have a shady patch that I'd like to make more garden-like and throw in some hostas and hydrangeas, so there IS some room for another white hydrangea....

;)

Dee

@diggerdee zone 6 CT, I have a mass of three different white hydrangeas whuch was an odd design choice, but one is a ’Munchkin’ Oakleaf Hydrangea, another is Wee White which I’m not fond of but can’t be bothered to remove, abd the 3rd is Haas Halo. I have never seen as many pollinators on a hydrangea as Haas Halo gets. It is exceptional.

Haas Halo is toward the left.

I have never seen as many pollinators on a hydrangea as Haas Halo gets. It is exceptional.

@Markay MD-Zone 7B I did a short video clip this morning showing so many busy bees on our Haas Halo. Forget just hydrangeas, this HH is one of the best bee attractors of any plant.

It is right up there with Mountain mint in my garden in terms of numbers and varieties of pollinators.

Dee, you just perfectly described my design process!

You guys are doing a fine job of persuading me to get a Haas Halo....

I beg to differ.

If we really did enable you, by now you would be showing us a picture of your newly acquired HH. If you dont want to disappoint us...get CRACKIN'!

Lol rouge, you know me. I am nothing if not a procrastinator. When I finally do make a decision, it still takes me awhile to actually put it into action!

Although, actually, as usual, time is my nemesis. I don't have time to go shopping locally (which nowadays isn't all that local, sadly) so I do most of my plant buying on line. Can't do that in summer so it has to wait till fall.

Maybe that will give me some time to actually PLAN a good place to plant lol. Perhaps the delay will mean no plopping for Haas Halo!

;)

Dee

I wont be able to sleep until I see "proof" that you have one, at least one HH in your possession. So my health and well being is in your hands @diggerdee zone 6 CT.

Or paraphrasing Princess Leia:

"Help me Dee, you’re my only hope"

LOL the pressure is on! I hope you can hold out till at least fall hahaha! But fear not - to paraphrase Luke Skywalker (and several others, I believe): "I've got a good feeling about this"

:)

Dee

Hilarious Dee!

Rouge, I picked up my Haas Halo from Walters last week. Well, actually my husband did that for me while I shopped to see if they had anything else I wanted (of course they did), But I forgot to tell him to ask who the grower was. So I sent an email thanking them for holding the shrub for me and took the opportunity to ask who the source was. This is the response I got -

" The grower is Blue Sky Nursery that I bought the plugs from! But they originate in the U.S. at First Editions. Really isn't a grower in Canada at this time for this because of cost with the tariffs etc."

I'm not sure that clears anything up!

As I mentioned above I had reached out to Blue Sky not long ago and I was told quite unequivocally that they were not growing HH this year. Clearly that was untrue.

Anyways, I am glad you got one...or two ;).

I got obe from White Flower Farm last year.

Yes @kitasei, you being in the States, you have many more options as to where you can purchase plants than say I who is from Canada.

I still want a Halo Haas in Edmonton, Alberta!!!! It is NOWHERE to be found here in Canada!!!

I want to note theres been 62 posts since this thread started 9 ! years ago. I really value the long view it provided as well as a record of how a plant can ”catch on”

Ill mention again that in the US, Avant Gardens carries Has Halo. They are well priced and They ship. The plants I received are well packaged and arrive in good shape. I found they establish wuickly.

They have a smallish nursery in Dartmouth Ma a beautiful area of the state.