Hi, my hydrangea is collapsing due to the weight of the flowers. Would it be ok to cut flower stems off at this time of the year, or will it affect next year's blooms?
I think that looks fine ... a glorious shrub .... it's in their nature to flop a bit but when the blooms begin to lose moisture the stems will spring back up again ... if you get heavy rain which weighs the blooms down even more I'd give them a shake to get rid of most of the rain.
Lovely gardening assistant you have there
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Lol ok, fast resposes there.............it's fine, I'll leave it alone.
That's our Toby, he feels it's his duty to protect me from all those who walk on the public footpath, drives vans on the road or plays on the green! Great little watch dog, we live with 3 cats too, so he is outnumbered and bullied a lot.
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Looks fine to me.
I'd leave it alone. It will be fine, it looks as though it's been there for along time.
Not much point to a flowering shrub if you cut the flowers off.
In the sticks near Peterborough
snap.
I think that looks fine ... a glorious shrub .... it's in their nature to flop a bit but when the blooms begin to lose moisture the stems will spring back up again ... if you get heavy rain which weighs the blooms down even more I'd give them a shake to get rid of most of the rain.
Lovely gardening assistant you have there
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
tee hee.
" it's fine" seems to be the consensus.
In the sticks near Peterborough
Lol ok, fast resposes there.............it's fine, I'll leave it alone.
That's our Toby, he feels it's his duty to protect me from all those who walk on the public footpath, drives vans on the road or plays on the green! Great little watch dog, we live with 3 cats too, so he is outnumbered and bullied a lot.