Hydrangeas are one of the most popular and easy-to-grow ornamental garden or container plants, with large, mostly spherical flower heads that come in a wide array of colors including shades of pink, ...

When it comes to showy perennials it's hard to beat a hydrangea. Those flowering shrubs covered with giant bubbles of pink, white, purple, or blue blooms are a staple of practically every ...

When the summer season peaks, gardeners obsess over a highly-anticipated flowering shrub: hydrangeas. A diverse group of flowering woody shrubs, hydrangeas are beloved for their showy blooms, which ...

Avoid pruning and fertilizing hydrangeas in the fall, but continue watering until the ground freezes. Protect old wood ...

If you are tempted to clip back hydrangeas as part of your Autumn yard tidy up - stop now - and put away those pruners. While our natural instinct as gardeners is to clear away the summer's growth and ...

Oakleaf hydrangea is a striking deciduous shrub known for its long-lasting flower clusters that begin as white and gradually turn pinkish-purple. Its uniquely lobed leaves resemble those of an oak ...

When businesses first closed down because of the coronavirus pandemic, I began taking walks around my neighborhood, which, as an indoorsy person, is not a thing I did before. And on my walks, I began ...

Learn why hydrangeas droop and how to restore them to their upright, healthy state.

'Mulching is one of the most useful jobs you can do for hydrangeas in October,' agrees Pim. 'Applying a layer of organic ...

If you want to learn how to grow exceptional flowers and bulbs, “The Flower Garden Deck” (Adams Media, 2025), by Jon Vanzile, is for you. This is more than a grower’s guide, however, as each of the 50 ...

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 ...