The first week of October is a great time to replant, reinvent and restyle your porch and patio planters.
Not all Hydrangea shrubs play by the same schedule. These beloved varieties prove that timing does matter when it comes to ...
New wood blooming hydrangeas can handle shaping now and hard pruning when dormant. Old wood blooming hydrangeas should only be pruned right after blooming. Pruning at the wrong time cuts off future ...
Hydrangeas need attention in autumn, especially in climates with harsh winter weather. Here's what to do to prepare your ...
Pruning: prune your Endless Summer hydrangeas in late spring once the hydrangea is actively growing, just as the buds are ...
After the article on winter pruning of shrubs, questions concerning pruning hydrangeas have come to the Berks County Master Gardener Hotline. This article will help dispel the mystery. Do you really ...
Hydrangeas not blooming may be due to improper pruning time, winter damage, or too much shade. Bigleaf and oakleaf hydrangeas bloom on old wood, so pruning them in winter removes flower buds. Smooth ...
Pruning certain shrubs in the fall encourages new growth that winter temperatures will damage and, for many shrubs, reduces ...
According to Joyner, you should avoid deadheading until seeds have developed and ripened—letting the dried flower stalks stay through fall will yield seedheads that can self-sow.
Hydrangeas sport big bursts of flowers and are often found in Southern gardens, but they work well in nearly every landscape. They exhibit an old-fashioned charm and are appealing to many people.
A few years back, without doing much research, my husband pruned the hydrangea bushes — which were already existing and ...
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 ...