Question: As I look around my yard and try to get it prepared for winter, I see all my hydrangeas with fading blooms. I’m ...

The key to giving your hydrangeas a trim without whacking off future flowers is knowing what kind of hydrangeas you have. Find out how and when to trim each type of hydrangea so y ...

The most common reason for a lack of flowers on hydrangeas is that they were pruned at the wrong time of the year.

Pruning: prune your Endless Summer hydrangeas in late spring once the hydrangea is actively growing, just as the buds are starting to break. At this stage prune out any damaged or dead stems, which ...

Why settle for a shrub that blooms for just a few weeks in spring when you can get one that blooms both spring and fall — and maybe a bit in between? That’s been the aim of plant breeders in the last ...

Pruning hydrangeas isn't just about giving your shrubs a neat shape; it's all about timing. Cut at the wrong moment, and you could be removing next season's flowers before they even get a chance to ...

Linda Lanier talks about common hydrangeas, and Mr. D. discusses how to spray tall plants. This week on The Family Plot: Gardening in the Mid-South, Master Gardener Linda Lanier discusses and shows ...

Growing hydrangeas, Hydrangea macrophylla, in New Hampshire can be a challenge, but it can also be rewarding, provided you have the right expectations and you're choosing the right species to grow.

There's an old gardening myth that you can turn hydrangeas blue by burying pennies or nails in the soil. Unfortunately, this particular wisdom isn't true, but there are other ways you can change these ...

There are few shrubs that make me feel the way that hydrangeas do. From the pillowy flower heads of bigleaf hydrangeas to the fall color of oakleaf hydrangeas, the whole genus makes me swoon. If you ...

If you want to learn how to grow exceptional flowers and bulbs, “The Flower Garden Deck” (Adams Media, 2025), by Jon Vanzile, is for you. This is more than a grower’s guide, however, as each of the 50 ...