Timing is key when it comes to pruning flowering and fruiting plants. Randy Forst, extension educator for consumer ...

If there were ever a flower synonymous with long summer days, it would be the hydrangea. These billowing bushes are perfect ...

Timing is key when it comes to pruning flowering and fruiting plants. Randy Forst, extension educator for consumer horticulture for University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture, said late Feb ...

Now is the time for some winter pruning on ornamental shrubs and trees. From December to late March is the perfect time to ...

Can you prune hydrangeas in February? If you've caught yourself wondering this, you're not alone; it's a question on many a ...

These perennial showstoppers need a good pruning now, more than ever, to ensure they come back with a riot of colour when the sunshine returns. Get in there before your hydrangeas wake fully from ...

Climbing hydrangeas are the exception to this rule – they are pruned, if at all, in late summer after flowering. This timing avoids damaging this year's flowers and gives the plant time to grow new ...

Gardening experts on the Hydrangeas in the UK Facebook page advised against February pruning, suggesting it's too early for such garden jobs. Instead, they're all about deadheading right now ...

It also helps to ripen the wood and produce good buds for next year's crop. All cherry pruning should be carried out in the growing season. This reduces the risk of silver leaf disease which is most ...

And if in any doubt, air on the side of caution and prune less rather than more. Hydrangeas are beloved for their large, rounded clusters of brightly colored flowers. Commonly found in shades of ...

Do not prune the old-fashioned mop-head hydrangeas ... buds because the common hydrangea blooms on 2-year-old wood. Oak leaf hydrangeas are another type that should not be pruned in spring.