No, don't try to "divide" it. I would plant it now. ( I assume it was in a pot outside and not grown indoors). Prune in spring. Keep old flower heads....these help protect the emerging buds.
A friend has given me a hydrangea, in excellent condition, which she has had in a very large pot for at least 6 years. However, I do not want to keep it in the pot but want to plant it in my garden. Should I be planting it now or leave it until the Spring?
Also, is it likely I will be able to divide it and get extra plants?
You cannot divide a shrub-propagation is usually from cuttings.
Cuttings strike quite easily in late summer (I've got a cold frame full!). I think the flowers of the mophead types are sterile - someone wll correct me if I'm wrong
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
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You cannot divide a shrub-propagation is usually from cuttings.
Never tried it-but found this -if you scroll down to propagation and click on seed it explains how
http://apps.rhs.org.uk/advicesearch/profile.aspx?pid=122
It will take a while to get a flowering plant
Cuttings strike quite easily in late summer (I've got a cold frame full!). I think the flowers of the mophead types are sterile - someone wll correct me if I'm wrong
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.