How Do You Do Pruning Of Garden Hydrangea For More Hydrangea Flowers?
Hydrangea plants produce beautiful flowers if pruned correctly. When pruning flowering shrubs such as hydrangea, it must be done at the right time to get more of those lovely flowers hydrangeas are known for. This pruning method is for French Hydrangeas not Oak leaf hydrangeas. Know what the blooming cycle of Hydrangeas is before pruning. The large flowering French Hydrangeas bloom on the growth that they put on the previous summer. French Hydrangeas put out new growth after blooming in the early summer months. This means that even though it is tempting to prune hydrangeas in the winter when only bare sticks are jutting out of the ground, doing so will destroy the flowers hydrangeas could produce next season. The flower buds are already formed and hidden in those bare sticks, so don’t cut them off if flowers are wanted in the coming year. Prune Hydrangeas (the french type) back right after they flower when the color of the current blooms start to fade. This may mean pruning them during
