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 ...

WASHINGTON — Hydrangeas are a summertime staple across the DMV — but once the weather cools down, many homeowners start wondering whether they should trim them back before winter. The answer depends ...

Pruning is a big part of raising healthy plants that will continue to flourish year after year. Some plants shouldn't be pruned at all, while others should be cut way down — sometimes to the ground.

Proper timing is essential to avoid sacrificing next year's blooms.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Gloved-hands pruning hydrangea inflorescences in the garden - Natallia Ustsinava/Shutterstock Pruning hydrangeas isn't just about ...

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 ...

Know your hydrangea type before you prune. Some varieties benefit from a fall cleanup — others could lose an entire season of blooms if cut back now.

The hydrangea “Endless Summer” is the one that started it all. One of the few blue flowers (in acid soil), it flowers on both old and new wood. In the fall, the choice to dead head or not to dead head ...

Hydrangeas are shrubs that provide large, showy, magnificent blooms when optimal growing conditions are provided. As a gardener, I struggled for many years attempting to provide the exact growing ...