Like roses, hydrangeas are classics that gardeners love to plant in their shaded areas for a dash of bold color and beauty. Unfortunately, not all varieties thrive in cold areas, or when they do, they ...

A variety of different types of hydrangea bushes - Dirk M. de Boer/Shutterstock One of the most popular flowering shrubs found in homeowners' gardens and yards are hydrangeas with their large, puffy ...

(WKOW) — Brighten the shade, add structure and summer blooms to a mixed border or create a privacy screen with the help of one of the many hydrangea varieties. Use Annabelle-type hydrangeas (Hydrangea ...

Did you hear about the gardener whose hydrangeas kept getting nibbled down by rabbits? He renamed them low-drangeas instead of hydrangeas, and now he’s less irritated when rabbits chomp them down.

Timing is everything when pruning hydrangeas, and although spring is the time to act – how late into spring can you leave it?

Are you preparing your mature hydrangeas for winter? Continue watering, but water less than you did in spring and summer. Water enough to keep the shrub alive, but do not fertilize. Fall preparation ...

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 ...

Most hydrangeas are pruned in spring, between March and April. Leaving their flower heads on over winter helps protect this ...