A few of my hydrangeas were damaged during freezing weather earlier this spring. Many ask when is the best time to cut them back. Hydrangeas don’t really need heavy pruning to produce ample flowers.

Is the size of your snowball bush snowballing out of control? We can give you tips on how to cut it back without eliminating ...

A listener asks when to prune overgrown oakleaf hydrangeas, a native shrub prized for its oak-shaped leaves and fall color.

While many shrubs in your garden are entering dormancy, November is actually the best time to prune a number of species to ...

After the article on winter pruning of shrubs, questions concerning pruning hydrangeas have come to the Berks County Master Gardener Hotline. This article will help dispel the mystery. Do you really ...

It pays to keep your eyes open when you’re out in the garden. In 1983, Vern Black of Minnesota’s Bailey Nurseries noticed a Hydrangea macrophylla in a neighbor’s yard that bloomed its head off every ...

A reader asked me why her hydrangea tree was not doing so well. I wrote a column about this in August, but this is the fourth question about hydrangeas I have had in the last two weeks. Her hydrangea ...

The Endless Summer hydrangea is a newer variety that flowers on both old and new wood, so it will bloom “endlessly” all summer even if it is pruned in the spring. Courtesy photo The beginning of April ...

With the cold months upon us it’s important to start taking the right steps to ensure our garden stays healthy, is protected from the cold, and will bloom again in spring. Hydrangeas in particular ...

Hydrangeas are one of the most popular flowers in the United States, thanks to their big, bouncy blooms that come in lovely shades of pink, blue, white, purple, and beyond. To get even more out of ...

Hydrangeas are a part of many landscapes in Rowan County and many ask when is the best time to prune or cut them back. Hydrangeas don’t really need heavy pruning to produce ample flowers. There are ...