Either way, you want to take this time to prune your hydrangeas—or not! That may sound cryptic, but to get the most blooms on ...

However, as winter approaches ... extra insulation for the plant due to the added layer and, since the hydrangea goes dormant in colder months, no energy is wasted by keeping the old blooms.

Pruning these old shoots during the dormant season would remove ... or green flowerheads. New wood hydrangeas are pruned in late winter or early spring, before new growth begins.

Plants go dormant in winter to protect themselves from the cold, and as the weather warms up they need more nutrients in the soil to restore their energy and begin growing again. Fertilising ...

There is a process known as "dormant seeding" or "winter seeding." This needs to be done when we are having weather where the temperature drops below freezing at night and then rises above ...

One of the subjects I get asked about the most is how and when to prune trees and shrubs. Unfortunately the answer can be somewhat complicated. If you prune at […] ...