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Gardening

Major Nikon

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1. As with most flowering shrubs you can deadhead old blooms

Reply to LaydeeBug (Original post)

Mon May 2, 2016, 07:02 PM

May 2016

You do this just past the bloom head.

Hydrangeas rarely need pruning other than to cut back dead stalks.

Do you have problems with it not blooming well?

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When should I trim a hydrangea bush? [View all] LaydeeBug May 2016 OP

As with most flowering shrubs you can deadhead old blooms Major Nikon May 2016 #1

I haven't planted it yet. Impulse buy LaydeeBug May 2016 #3

Thanks for the reminder, elleng May 2016 #2

Only trim the branches that have bloomed. Curmudgeoness May 2016 #4