Hydrangeas can flourish in sun or shade. Huge bouquets of hydrangea flowers, which vary from mophead to lacecap types, show beauty from summer to fall. Varieties of hydrangea differ in size, flower ...

Key Points Brown hydrangea flowers in fall are normal and can stay on shrubs for seasonal garden texture.Identify your ...

Growing up on the West Side of the state, I always looked forward to late summer when the huge blue hydrangeas would come into bloom. The bushes often stood more than 8 feet tall, and the blue flowers ...

I love old gardening sayings that have passed the test of time. One of my favorites is “prune until it hurts, and then prune some more.” The truism is meant to allay our fear of pruning, as though ...

Key PointsNew 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 ...

Hydrangeas have become very popular plants for the home landscape in recent years, primarily due to the release of new varieties with flowers of different sizes and shapes featuring more vivid shades ...

Avoid pruning and fertilizing hydrangeas in the fall, but continue watering until the ground freezes. Protect old wood ...

If you are tempted to clip back hydrangeas as part of your Autumn yard tidy up - stop now - and put away those pruners. While our natural instinct as gardeners is to clear away the summer's growth and ...

Bigleaf hydrangea, Hydrangea macrophylla 'David Ramsey' Q: Is it time for me to prune my hydrangeas? I get confused by all the conflicting information that’s online. Write to the Missouri Botanical ...

'Mulching is one of the most useful jobs you can do for hydrangeas in October,' agrees Pim. 'Applying a layer of organic ...