How to Prune Late Blooming Hydrangea?
To Get Bigger Flowers, Cut Them All the Way Back in Late Winter or Early Spring, These Shrubs Can Be Cut All the Way Back to the Ground. Smooth Hydrangeas Will...
Do you cut off dead hydrangea blooms?
No need to worry – this is simply a sign that it's time to remove the flowers, a process called deadheading. When you deadhead hydrangeas, you aren't harming the plants at all. Removing the spent blooms triggers flowering shrubs to stop producing seeds and instead put their energy toward root and foliage development.
When should hydrangea blooms be pruned?
Trimming should be done immediately after flowering stops in summer, but no later than August 1. Do not prune in fall, winter, or spring or you could be cutting off new buds. Tip-pruning the branches as leaves emerge in spring can encourage multiple, smaller flower heads rather than fewer larger flower heads.
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