THANK YOU OSTRICH FOR THE INFO! I will defentily make the trip to Cleveland and check out Bremec Greenhouse this year. Chesterland might be a little to far. I am in a southern suburb of Akron. If you ever get the chance you have to come down to Dayton Nursery. It is beatiful!!! They have tens of thousands Spring bulbs planted and beautiful display gardens. This year they have started putting in 10 more acres of display gardens!!!! All concrete paths in the retail area and green roof on one of the buildings. The selection is unmatched by any other nursery, but believe it or not the prices are vary fair compared to other local nurseries. Although the big box stores prices of course are better.

I read in a post here recently that Annabelle can be dug up and transplanted in fall as well as spring. If I transplant it in fall, and I cut it back, should I wait til very late in the fall near freezing time when it's going to die back anyway? Or is it okay to just clip it back anytime? I dont' want to stunt it for the next year.

I am new to gardening so I don't have any expert advice. But I love Annabelle Hydrangeas. Just planted 5 out in front of my home and will be planting more. If you want more, you should think about taking a few cuttings from each plant and propogate. I took 2 cuttings from the back of each plant last month, and was able to get about 3 from each stem that I stuck in a pot to root. Also grabbed a few cuttings from a foreclosed home. Think I have about 30 growing, all but a few have roots now. Im babying them until the end of August and then going to plant them. Annabelles are so hard to find here in Virginia where I live and when I did find them they were $30 per plant. That was $30 for scraggly looking Annabelles. One of the things a friend told me was do not panick when they wilt a lot this year. With the few that will be in the afternoon sun, they probably wont look very good by the end of the day. She told me to always poke a finger in the soil before I panick and water. If the soil was dry, then water. If it wasn't then wait to see if they bounce back by morning. Apparently next year they shouldnt have that problem once established. Here is a photo of a few on the end. As you can see they dont look very good, but hopefully my friend is right and they shine next year. I did a 3" layer of mulch and also fertilized them. Not sure what their sun exposure would be considered, again new to gardening. They get dappled morning, then from 10:30-1ish have full sun. So maybe afternoon sun? I need to figure out what to plant with them now. Thinking hostas for a clean, easy look. What are you going to plant with them?

About 3' apart might work. Below is some reading material material on this subject. Here is a link that might be useful: Another post