Bjay-you take what is known as pipings-and they are probably not big enough for that-I would just take the top out or trim it down a bit-would not bother trying too root the bits
Hello forkers. Bring your donkeys out of hiding, my sister has gone so their hind legs will be safe again
Lovely and sunny though a bit windy but not bad now it has warmed up. Will have to keep on working on the area for the chicken ranch. No white clothing - I'm a mucky pup - and no braces as the front portion can never decide where to sit and looks daft wherever it lands up.
I looked up pruning hydrangeas and it sounded complicated. But everyone agrees leave dead flowers on to protect plants from hard frosts then cut off dead flower stems. My French daughter- in-law then cuts off the top third of the whole bush of mopheads and they do well, but all the sites I looked at said not to do this if you want flowers - she always has flowers. Confused.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
I have never pruned one in the conventional sense-just remove the dead-heads around now-this years flower buds are just underneath-if you cut of all stems say by half or whatever then no flowers this year-but then there are different sorts
Not popping this time, staying I think.Not done very much and only in GH but shattered.
when I was about 15 I thought I would help in the garden. I chopped down my dad's hydrangea(pruning I thought). I do not know what I did but it never flowered again. I wasn't allowed to prune either - only dead head roses.
I was wondering what to do with mine. It's Annabelle so isn't a mop head, will look it up.
Afties, Thats me done for the day. The border looks a bit of a mess but can't do anything until the trellis panels come on Thursday. Have divided a lot of plants and moved a few bits and pieces to make room for the water feature. OH will put the panels up on Saturday so I can prepare the soil. Johnsons Blue had gone a bit crazy so we've dug a lot out and just kept some nice little clumps. Got some unnamed pink geraniums to go in as well as the new clematis that I got from the newspaper offer last year. Should look nice eventually.
Hope my Dropmore Scarlet survives Liz, had to cut it right back as the panels are coming out.
Becks, The nasturstiums would do better in full sun but you can have them if you want. Didn't collect as many as I thought some disappeared when he was digging the lights out but there's a fair few here Beks - yours if you want them. They are really easy to grow so let me know.
Just come in from tidying a couple of borders, and pruning clematis. I have got a pile of dried stuff to burn, no good for compost and the green bin doesn't get emptied until the end of March. It's been lovely outside, quite warm and sunny, hope you have had some nice weather too.
We have got a few daffodils just showing colour alliums popping up, aconites and snowdrops out. I'm never quite sure about pruning hydrangea, but as ours are fairly young plants I go for the gently does it approach and just cut off the old flower heads, and a bit of stem just down to the bud beneath the old flower, it's worked so far but as I say they aren't massive plants. Never really liked them until a few years ago when I wanted something easy to fill a space in the border. We have got Annabelle too,I think its lovely, a bit different.
Check out RHS website, ref Hydrangea pruning, you'll get all the info there.
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Lottie-just give them a tug-that is what I do
Thanks Geoff, will go and do that now.
Bjay-you take what is known as pipings-and they are probably not big enough for that-I would just take the top out or trim it down a bit-would not bother trying too root the bits
Hello forkers. Bring your donkeys out of hiding, my sister has gone so their hind legs will be safe again
Lovely and sunny though a bit windy but not bad now it has warmed up. Will have to keep on working on the area for the chicken ranch. No white clothing - I'm a mucky pup - and no braces as the front portion can never decide where to sit and looks daft wherever it lands up.
Enjoy your afternoonses one and all.
I looked up pruning hydrangeas and it sounded complicated. But everyone agrees leave dead flowers on to protect plants from hard frosts then cut off dead flower stems. My French daughter- in-law then cuts off the top third of the whole bush of mopheads and they do well, but all the sites I looked at said not to do this if you want flowers - she always has flowers. Confused.
I have never pruned one in the conventional sense-just remove the dead-heads around now-this years flower buds are just underneath-if you cut of all stems say by half or whatever then no flowers this year-but then there are different sorts
Not popping this time, staying I think.Not done very much and only in GH but shattered.
when I was about 15 I thought I would help in the garden. I chopped down my dad's hydrangea(pruning I thought). I do not know what I did but it never flowered again. I wasn't allowed to prune either - only dead head roses.
I was wondering what to do with mine. It's Annabelle so isn't a mop head, will look it up.
Afties, Thats me done for the day. The border looks a bit of a mess but can't do anything until the trellis panels come on Thursday. Have divided a lot of plants and moved a few bits and pieces to make room for the water feature. OH will put the panels up on Saturday so I can prepare the soil. Johnsons Blue had gone a bit crazy so we've dug a lot out and just kept some nice little clumps. Got some unnamed pink geraniums to go in as well as the new clematis that I got from the newspaper offer last year. Should look nice eventually.
Hope my Dropmore Scarlet survives Liz, had to cut it right back as the panels are coming out.
Becks, The nasturstiums would do better in full sun but you can have them if you want. Didn't collect as many as I thought some disappeared when he was digging the lights out but there's a fair few here Beks - yours if you want them. They are really easy to grow so let me know.
Hi folks.
Just come in from tidying a couple of borders, and pruning clematis. I have got a pile of dried stuff to burn, no good for compost and the green bin doesn't get emptied until the end of March. It's been lovely outside, quite warm and sunny, hope you have had some nice weather too.
We have got a few daffodils just showing colour
alliums popping up, aconites and snowdrops out. I'm never quite sure about pruning hydrangea, but as ours are fairly young plants I go for the gently does it approach and just cut off the old flower heads, and a bit of stem just down to the bud beneath the old flower, it's worked so far but as I say they aren't massive plants. Never really liked them until a few years ago when I wanted something easy to fill a space in the border. We have got Annabelle too,I think its lovely, a bit different.
Check out RHS website, ref Hydrangea pruning, you'll get all the info there.
Chris.