11/12/2025
good info for your files....about hydrangeas this coming spring...due to this years past weather conditions..........if you remember last years spring and fall thru winter weather conditions were very dry......causing a lot of stress on the following spring growth!!
DO YOUR HYDRANGEAS LOOK LIKE THIS?
I always tell my customers to not cut certain types of hydrangeas but this year, you may need to make an exception. Our wacky spring weather caused a lot of dead stems. Here's what you need to do:
Check your hydrangeas to see if any green buds are on the brown canes
If there are Green Buds on Brown Canes – DO NOT CUT the brown branches – they are alive and should bloom. Just prune out the canes that are dead (the ones with no green buds on them).
No Green Buds on Brown Canes? – cut all canes to the base of the plant – making sure to leave the new growth green leaves at the base of the hydrangea.
Note: if you don’t have any green buds on the brown canes by mid-May, cut them.
What to Expect: Your hydrangeas should grow to at least the same size they were last year.
Will they bloom this year? Old wood hydrangeas won’t bloom, new wood/old wood hydrangeas may bloom later in the summer and new wood hydrangeas will bloom as usual.
