Some hydrangeas can also be cut down to the ground to protect them from winter weather, while others need a more gentle approach where pruning is done in a staggered way over years -- both of these, ...

Hydrangeas don't need much pruning the first couple of years after planting. Some hydrangeas need very little pruning at all. But there are times you need to thin out a hydrangea bush that has become ...

Plant panicle hydrangeas in full sun and prune in early spring to promote more blooms. Smooth hydrangeas thrive in moist, ...

Smooth and panicle hydrangeas are cold hardy; other varieties, not so much. Care for these plants well in winter and they'll ...

Hydrangeas have a long tradition of use in shady Southern gardens. From late April through July, huge flower heads of light pink, pink, rosy-red, lavender, light blue, dark blue, bluish purple and ...

It turns out there is an easy way to grow bigger and more vibrant hydrangea blooms, as you just need to complete one simple ...

Bush Lespedeza – Lespedeza thunbergii – This deciduous member of the bean family is a sprawling shrub that grows like a living fountain, with lush, arching branches. From late summer through fall it ...

Last year I attended a summer conference in Minnesota. We toured some really huge commercial facilities, greenhouses, propagation rooms and associated potting and shipping areas. It was really, really ...

Did you hear about the gardener whose hydrangeas kept getting nibbled down by rabbits? He renamed them low-drangeas instead of hydrangeas, and now he’s less irritated when rabbits chomp them down.

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