Hi lilyfinch, the nursery is in Lancaster County; it's called Conestoga Nurseries. It would be a long drive for you, but maybe worth it if you really wanted the plant. You could make a day of it; bring a friend and eat at Shady Maple Smorgasborg which is right nearby. You'll have some time to think about it because the plants won't arrive until March. I'm also not sure how big the plants will be; he told me they buy bare-root and plant up in pots themselves. So the hydrangea I get will be bare-root. I like Limelight but don't have it. I do have Pinky Winky but it's pretty small yet. I have a couple tree hydrangeas that look very nice right now. Hi luis_pr, They told me the price would be about 12 dollars, but I don't know if that's a bargain because I don't know how big the plant will be. This place does not have bad prices as a rule, though, so I don't expect to be terribly ripped off. That's a good question about how it would look beside a Pinky Winky. If I try to picture it in my mind, I keep seeing Pinky Winky with its few larger petals per cluster looking like a charlie brown christmas tree next to the fuller Vanilla Strawberry. But I am by no means a natural landscaper (if I were, I would not have that empty corner!) so maybe it would work better than I think. A white hydrangea on either side would be nice.. However, I think if I were going to have multiple large hydrangeas, I would want to have a huge hedge of the Vanilla Strawberry - can you imagine? Wow. I think you have a good plan to get one and see what it looks like in person. Thanks, everyone, for indulging my excitement. :-D Lois in PA

You have a great opportunity to create a great potager. Also remember to think of growing UP! Spring will come and you can go for it!

Happened just today! DH and I were cleaning up the garage after emptying out a storage shed. Mostly it entailed moving fairly large pieces of furniture up to the second floor. "lift it up!", "lift WHAT up to where?", "lift your side UP", "you mean just up?", "I said UP! How is that complicated?!?", "up, & turn it to the wall, you mean?", "JUST LIFT IT UP!!!" ks toolgirl....were you there? listening? :-) only thing is....he sometimes doesn't even answer my questions....just does his thing and it is up to me to guess what we are doing. My usual refrain is ..."talk to me...tell me what we are doing". Really drives me crazy as I am a teacher and used to giving direction. A teacher he is NOT! lavender...now on to the subject! When we originally bought our home, we planned to build a garage. Even measured to be sure we could build the size garage we wanted and checked with city hall. We did not build the garage right away, took almost 8 years. But over that time we totally changed our ideas and built a garage that fit our home and time period (1800's)so much better than what we would have built originally. Also built it in a different location than we had originally planned. So we are very glad we didn't do that! (build the garage when we first moved in)

Welcome Star and congrats on your new home. I second your motion. I think we'll all find some great advice on this forum and I look forward to learning more from everyone here!