Ruby Slippers Oakleaf Hydrangeas Growth and Blooms - In Nook - September 2025

All the Oakleaf Hydrangea-related attention that I've focused on over the past year-or-so has been on the cluster of Alice Oakleaf Hydrangeas up in the 'kitchen curved' bed that is close to the house.  But, I also have a few other Oakleaf Hydrangeas in other parts of the garden including a small grouping in the 'nook' area behind the Weeping Nootka Cypress tree.  

In May 2022, I planted a pair of Ruby Slippers Oakleaf Hydrangeas alongside one of the transplanted Alice Oakleaf Hydrangeas.   This post shows the location of the three of them.   Last year, I covered these when they were in bloom and when they turned bright red in the Fall.  

Last week, I posted a photo of the new (to me) flowers on the Japanese Sun King Aralias.  In the photo below, you can see those same Sun King's on the bottom left and one of the Oakleaf Hydrangeas right behind it (in the middle of the photo).  

I think this tall one is an Alice Oakleaf.  On the bottom right of the photo is one of the Ruby Slippers.

Here, below, is a closer look at the Ruby Slippers.  You can see the pink bloom:

And, here, below is the third one - the other Ruby Slippers.  This one has struggled.