Garden owners with hydrangeas have been urged to do a crucial job in January. The flowering shrubs, which are native to Asia ...

Helping hydrangeas recover from frost protects future blooms and keeps shrubs healthy, so you don't lose a full growing season. Cold protection depends on hydrangea type, since bigleaf varieties need ...

The second week of September is when autumn color starts to peek through the summer green, and hydrangeas may be the most spectacular flowering shrub in the landscape. In my own garden I have created ...

Gardening experts are raving over a simple trick that can give your hydrangeas an extra edge this summer, and it involves just one household item - used coffee grounds. Pyracantha's gardening whizz, ...

There are few shrubs that make me feel the way that hydrangeas do. From the pillowy flower heads of bigleaf hydrangeas to the fall color of oakleaf hydrangeas, the whole genus makes me swoon. If you ...

Growing up in San Diego I assumed hydrangeas were weeds — the purple-and-blue, nonstop-flowering beauties were everywhere. Fast forward to living in the Central Valley and … it can be more of a ...

I love old gardening sayings that have passed the test of time. One of my favorites is “prune until it hurts, and then prune some more.” The truism is meant to allay our fear of pruning, as though ...

When I moved to Connecticut in July of 2021, I remember driving through neighborhoods looking for somewhere I might eventually want to live and being struck by the beautifully-landscaped yards that ...

As any hydrangea owner knows, pruning is a key task that needs to be completed to produce thriving blooms the following year – however it’s crucial to do so at the right time. Hydrangeas are one of ...

Have you been counting down the days until your hydrangeas bloom since the beginning of June, only to find that the month has come and gone with nary a flower? If your hydrangeas aren't blooming this ...

When Patti Page sang about the many splendors of Massachusetts' Cape Cod – its sand dunes, salty air and moonlight – she neglected to mention its most colorful: those big, bountiful blooms known as ...

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 ...