Blooming hydrangeas have always reminded me of cloud gardens. With their lush, airy bouquets in sky-inspired colors—soft pastels, bold blues, and sunset pinks!—these plants can transform any yard into ...

The steps you take in winter can give your hydrangeas the best start for spring. From shielding them from the frost to proper ...

If your hydrangeas have suffered from frost damage, you can take a few steps to heal them. Removing areas of the plant that were affected by the cold can be a good idea, but only in certain situations ...

Have you been counting down the days until your hydrangeas bloom since the beginning of June, only to find that the month has come and gone with nary a flower? If your hydrangeas aren't blooming this ...

Learn how to care for hydrangeas in the winter with our comprehensive guide. Discover tips for protecting different hydrangea ...

Every June, some gardens are bedecked with the glorious, huge, fluffy pink blooms of big-leaved hydrangea. And some aren’t. “‘Why didn’t my hydrangea bloom?’ is one of the questions we get most often ...

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 ...

Hydrangeas are a landscape favorite. They seem to be so easy to get to bloom. But sometimes the blooming just doesn’t happen. What could have gone wrong? I’m pointing to myself also for three ...

Q: I have a large hydrangea shrub in my yard, but it never blooms. I usually cut this back every year in the fall, when it loses it leaves. Do you think this could be the reason why it does not bloom?

As we head into the second half of May, one of the upcoming blooming plants is our beautiful hydrangeas, specifically the hydrangea macrophylla or “mophead” variety. The abundant 2024 blooms marked a ...

* What they are: Lots of compact, new, summer-blooming panicle hydrangeas have hit the market in the past few years. Among the best is Proven Winners’ Fire Light Tidbit variety. Although plants stay a ...