Many plants are best left alone in November as they go dormant for the winter. As these ten are especially prone to damage, ...

Recently, I wrote about selective pruning, an important maintenance practice used to remove broken, damaged and diseased branches from trees and shrubs. Selective pruning is used to improve their ...

What's prettier than a hydrangea in full bloom? Not much — at least in our opinion. Those bright, bushy plants full of flowers and foliage are a welcomed sight after a rough winter, and we're here to ...

Photo caption: Panicle Hydrangea at peak bloom around August. Myriad Hydrangea varieties make it easy to choose those that stay dwarf without trimming. Q: I have a hydrangea shrub that may need ...

For hydrangea types that flower on old growth—such as bigleaf, oakleaf, mountain, and climbing hydrangea—by pruning the ...

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 ...

Hydrangeas are quite popular in the landscape and are spectacular when in bloom. The problem that besets most gardeners when it comes to the fantastic plants is when to prune them. Another problem is ...

A common perplexity for home gardeners is when and how to prune hydrangeas. The complications arise because there are many species of hydrangea, requiring different care. A few cautions pertain, ...

The rain just keeps coming. We continue to get dumpings of excess rain, and some gardeners are paying the price for poor drainage. Roots of many plants rot when rain piles up faster than it drains ...