Propagating hydrangeas pays off big, allowing you to multiply your collection of this hard-working, beautiful flowering shrub for free. Hydrangeas root readily from stem cuttings, ground layering, or ...

Hydrangeas are one of our favorite Southern plants. Colorful, long blooming, easy to prune, and suitable to root in a wide range of plant zones, hydrangeas are ideal to use throughout your garden in ...

Learn how to propagate hydrangeas by cutting, layering, or division when you want more plants for your garden. Propagating hydrangeas pays off big, allowing you to multiply your collection of this ...

Late spring into early summer is one of the year’s two best time frames to create free new plants from cuttings taken from the branch tips of existing plants. This is easier than you might think. Many ...

This is a good time to prune most of the hydrangeas grown in the Chicago region while the plants are dormant. Since your plants are newly planted, there is very little if any pruning for you to do ...

The pH levels of your soil can affect bloom colors, so amend your soil according to your desired color. Avoid clay soils, as hydrangeas require moist, well-drained soil. Look for blooms from late ...

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 ...

Hydrangeas are shrubs that provide large, showy, magnificent blooms when optimal growing conditions are provided. As a gardener, I struggled for many years attempting to provide the exact growing ...