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 ...

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, ...

Spring is the time when gardens come alive — with shoots, leaves, buds, blooms, and insects (sometimes, to our utter chagrin). After surviving the cold winter, as eggs, larvae, or adults, pests seek ...

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 ...

Avoid these common errors, and you’ll be on your way to stunning hydrangea blooms.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Bigleaf hydrangeas love water (and well draining soil) and do best in morning and evening sun. Strong midday sun can burn ...

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

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, ...

Hydrangeas are one of the most popular garden plants around, and companion planting can have an immense impact on how they ...