Hydrangeas offer many varieties, each complementing each other's beauty. This two-toned option brings added color to your ...
Hydrangea macrophylla, also known as "bigleaf," "French," or "mop head" hydrangeas, are the most common and have blue or pink-hued flowers that can change color based on your soil's pH levels.
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 ...
A cold-hardy banana tree with maroon striped leaves, a snowbell tree that reblooms, and several more ever-higher-performing hydrangeas are among the most interesting new trees and shrubs hitting the ...
With their lavish blooms, hydrangeas are the darlings of cottage and coastal gardens. These hardy shrubs are so much more than pampered garden specimens; their tolerance of shade and love of ...
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 ...
Q: I have a row of blue hydrangeas but a couple of them bloomed purplish pink this year. How do I make them go back to blooming blue? A: Changes in soil pH cause certain types of hydrangeas to change ...
Recently, I spoke at a garden club meeting, and many of its members aren’t from Georgia. Approaching me after my talk, they expressed their adoration for the colorful hydrangeas we enjoy here in the ...
After the article on winter pruning of shrubs, questions concerning pruning hydrangeas have come to the Berks County Master Gardener Hotline. This article will help dispel the mystery. Do you really ...
The end of August is the time to pick up fallen fruit, harvest ripe vegetables, dead head flowers and keep your eyes open for any weeds that have evaded your summer weeding sessions and are now going ...
The huge, pink mophead blooms of bigleaf hydrangea are one of the joys of summer for Chicago gardeners. What a disappointment when those blooms fail to fluff! “Bigleaf hydrangeas just aren’t entirely ...