Living in a New England beach town, it was my dream to have lush, colorful hydrangea bushes akin to those seen on Nantucket or Martha’s Vineyard. Instead, I had some drooping cone hydrangeas and a ...

If it is a tall, clinging vine (up to 80 feet), it is climbing hydrangea. If it has multilobed leaves, like an oak tree, and cone-shaped flowers, it is an oakleaf hydrangea. If it has leaves that come ...

(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 ...

I love old gardening sayings that have passed the test of time. One of my favorites is “prune until it hurts, and then prune some more.” The truism is meant to allay our fear of pruning, as though ...

Deciding which hydrangea varieties are best for your garden can be mind-boggling. The hydrangea is America’s most popular deciduous shrub and comes in a dizzying range of shapes and tones. Their bold ...

Showy, long blooming hydrangeas are old fashioned favorites in the garden and newer cultivars are more adaptable and easier to grow. I'm Lisa Hilgenberg from Chicago Botanic Garden with gardening tips ...

If you’re looking for some midsummer blooming plants that last late into the fall, nothing beats the wide variety of Hydrangeas. From two to eight feet tall, and from full sun to shade, these ...

Q: I read your article in Thursday's Patriot-News about hydrangeas not blooming this year, and indeed, mine are like that great-looking plant pictured that has no blooms. My question is how and when ...

Hydrangeas. Go ahead and look them up on the web if you are not familiar with them. You will even be able to find last year’s column praising them. Before we get hard frosts, keep an eye out for some ...

If you’ve ever seen an under-watered hydrangea on a summer day, you’ll know why our recent rains have been a boon to these shrubs. After all, the etymological roots of the word “hydrangea” are the ...