There is something about the cool, fall weather that can make you eager to get out into your garden to tidy it up and prepare it for winter. From overseeding the lawn to dividing perennials, your fall ...

Pruning is a big part of raising healthy plants that will continue to flourish year after year. Some plants shouldn't be pruned at all, while others should be cut way down — sometimes to the ground.

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 ...

Fall is often when people start cutting back their gardens for the colder months. But if you cut back your hydrangeas at the wrong time of year, you'll end up with no flowers the following year.

WASHINGTON — Hydrangeas are a summertime staple across the DMV — but once the weather cools down, many homeowners start wondering whether they should trim them back before winter. The answer depends ...

The hydrangea “Endless Summer” is the one that started it all. One of the few blue flowers (in acid soil), it flowers on both old and new wood. In the fall, the choice to dead head or not to dead head ...

Prune Hydrangeas Like This or Risk No Flowers Next Year originally appeared on Dengarden. While technically, you don’t have to prune your hydrangeas, the act of cutting away old growth will help them ...

We had our first listener question at Homegrown NH, from Vera in Concord: My oak leaf hydrangeas have grown large and are overtaking their beds. Do I wait until spring or after they bloom next summer ...

Know your hydrangea type before you prune. Some varieties benefit from a fall cleanup — others could lose an entire season of blooms if cut back now.

Hydrangeas not blooming may be due to improper pruning time, winter damage, or too much shade. Bigleaf and oakleaf hydrangeas bloom on old wood, so pruning them in winter removes flower buds. Smooth ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Living in a New England beach town, it was my dream to have lush, colorful hydrangea bushes akin to those seen on Nantucket or ...