Gardeners are being warned to avoid deadheading hydrangeas in February, as doing so could lead to a loss of flowers in the ...

Let's kick off with the good news that mophead hydrangeas are very simple to grow and do not require lots of pruning. You can ...

Hydrangeas are certainly a plant that benefit from pruning but it needs to be done at the "right time", according to one ...

I have a large hydrangea hortensia, the common mophead type. It’s 5-6ft high and the flowers are too heavy for the stems so it falls over into a floppy mess when in flower. I want to get it back ...

In milder climates, you can prune dead flower heads from mophead hydrangeas, but it's generally advised to leave them be. These faded flowers act as natural insulation, protecting the growth buds ...

A fellow gardening hobbyist chimed in, adding that "if you prune a hydrangea that flowers on old wood (like mophead hydrangeas) too far back, you will lose flowers for a year". The gardener added ...

Hydrangeas are one of the most popular garden shrubs, and rightly so. There are two main types that we tend to grow, though there are many more out there – the most popular being the mophead ...

Hydrangea macrophylla is commonly called the mophead type, and their flowers are what most gardeners long for: “People lust after those big blue flowers that we go gaga about and people don’t ...

Concluding a five-year study of native hydrangeas and pollinator preference, the Mt. Cuba Center in Hockessin Delaware announced a clear winner: "Haas Halo." An H. arborescens species, this lacecap ...

Pull or hoe or mulch shot weed this month. Do not prune the old-fashioned mop-head hydrangeas (Hydrangea macrophylla) this month or you could be cutting off future flower buds because the common ...

Our soil is close to neutral, at pH 6.7, and we have every colour of hydrangea. Most stock comes from nurseries in pots, so there is a time delay before the local soil challenges the peat-based ...