Hydrangea pruning spring

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Michael Griffiths on Instagram: "How to prune hydranged in spring

This is in two categories depending on whether your hydrangea flowers on old or new wood as we prune are both differently.

When to do this? Spring after the risk of frost has passed. Keep an eye on the weather rather than the date

How?
For those that flower on old wood so that’s your big leaf or oak leaf hydrangea.

Remove old flowerheads to just above a pair of buds. Hydrangea buds can be easily knocked off, so cut carefully with your secateurs. Cut out any thin, weak stems around the base of the plant and remove one or two of the largest, oldest stems from as low down as possible to promote new shoots from the base.
These will grow over the next few years and carry blooms in the future.

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Michael Griffiths on Instagram: "How to prune hydranged in spring This is in two categories depending on whether your hydrangea flowers on old or new wood as we prune are both differently. When to do this? Spring after the risk of frost has passed. Keep an eye on the weather rather than the date How? For those that flower on old wood so that’s your big leaf or oak leaf hydrangea. Remove old flowerheads to just above a pair of buds. Hydrangea buds can be easily knocked off, so cut…

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