Tell them to send some down here. I was at my Lowes a week ago and there were no hydrangeas at all. ;o(

Then I went to a small local nursery and they were plum packed... No wonder; the prices were up in the sky!

My Lowes only has ES Bloomstruck. Hundreds of them. But all I want is a Let's Dance Starlight... :/

My Lowe's only has 800 Bloomstrucks as well, plus five or six horribly pot bound Limelights that should have been potted up/discounted last season.

And what's worse, what passes for my local nursery is the same way. Used up wore out boring varieties by the thousands for all the cookie cutter yards.

Wow. My local Lowes has the typical Bloomstrucks as well as
Quickfire, Annabelle, Strawberry Sundae, and Limelight. There were even a
ton of the (nice looking and good sized) Quickfire on the clearance
rack last week for $7. Home Depot had Limelight and Quickfire as
well as Sweet Summer. Menards had Phantom, Vanilla Strawberry, and some
oakleaf varieties. The only thing the local nursery here -- which is
really good and has wonderful stock -- offers that the box stores don't
is serrata varieties. I guess we're lucky for the selection.

Will Lowes restock hydrangeas towards the Fall? Mine told me the gardening season is now "over".... yeah right.

I never found a bargain at L, if anything I found them overpriced , compared to the local garden centers I have

There won't be much more new inventory between now and September. Probably not much of anything after 9/1 except mums.

A couple of Lowe's near me do "clearance racks", where things are sometimes marked 50-90% off.

Funny how things vary by region. I live in Philadelphia, and I have only one, very precious, hipster nursery near me. Our Lowes often offers fabulous, healthy plants at reasonable prices, probably because of the lack of choices. Several times early in the season I drive the 40 minutes to a great suburban nursery to be stunned by the variety-- and prices. I often order by mail; I've been very pleased with Hydrangea Plus.

The only hipster nurseries I've seen sell veggies only. hehehe