Hydrangeas are a beautiful addition to any home garden, with countless varieties, colors, and sizes to choose from. They look great with just about anything, but when deciding what to plant next to ...

Smooth and panicle hydrangeas are cold hardy; other varieties, not so much. Care for these plants well in winter and they'll ...

Hydrangeas are a fantastic shrub for any garden, but they need to be planted in the right place to produce their beautiful blooms year-after-year. They are not highly drought-tolerant plants as their ...

Plant panicle hydrangeas in full sun and prune in early spring to promote more blooms. Smooth hydrangeas thrive in moist, ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- One of the most common flowering shrubs in Northeast Ohio gardens may be the hydrangea. With large, showy yet elegant flower clusters that have long-lasting blooms and the ability ...

Last week, I wrote about selective pruning, an important maintenance practice used to remove broken, damaged and diseased branches from trees and shrubs. Selective pruning is used to improve their ...

Hydrangeas, with their big fluffy summer blooms, are among the most popular and loved shrubs in Chicago-area gardens. But gardeners often are flummoxed about when to prune them — especially in winter, ...

They’re fragrant, colorful, and boy can they put on a show. Hydrangeas are popular shrubs featuring orb-shaped clusters of flowers that usually bloom in shades of blue, purple and pink during summer ...

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 ...

Gardening columnist Don Kinzler takes questions from readers, including whether cutting blooms from Bobo hydrangeas for a bouquet will harm the plant. A reader asks gardening columnist to identify the ...