Some hydrangeas can also be cut down to the ground to protect them from winter weather, while others need a more gentle approach where pruning is done in a staggered way over years -- both of these, ...

Key Takeaways Prune hydrangeas to prevent overgrowth, floppiness, or fewer blooms.Thin bigleaf hydrangeas in summer or early fall to encourage stronger growth.Cut smooth hydrangeas in late winter for ...

Deadheading hydrangeas can be a somewhat tricky business because hydrangea varieties you have in your garden require different approaches to this task. If done improperly in autumn, deadheading some ...

Hydrangea shrubs in the sunlight with a purple, pink, and blue gradiant. - Svetlana Zhukova/Shutterstock If you're tired of fussing over your hydrangeas, there are other options that bloom just as ...

The Endless Summer hydrangea is a newer variety that flowers on both old and new wood, so it will bloom “endlessly” all summer even if it is pruned in the spring. Courtesy photo The beginning of April ...

Southerners love our hydrangeas, especially the showy pink, blue, or purple late-spring blooms of French hydrangeas. When you discover the leaves of your plant riddled with holes from slugs or ...

Q : I suspect I have kudzu climbing on my backyard fence (see reader's photo). There is a weed that has already choked out one climbing rose bush and is heading to another. Could you help me identify ...

As spring arrives, one particular shrub in my garden never fails to catch the eye of visitors. Without fail, someone will remark, “That’s the biggest hydrangea bush I’ve ever seen!” Others might say, ...

Since panicled hydrangea does not have flower buds in winter, its bloom won’t be affected if you prune it during the dormant ...