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Hydrangeas
Christine Niebank
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When should I dead head my hydrangeas Should it be done while new flowers are Appearing please ?
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If you mean last years blooms then I did mine in April or May this year but I don't usually bother and they fall off by themselves, I find that deadheading can risk knocking the new growth off which seems very brittle.
They should be dead headed in Spring. The old flowers protect the new leaf buds from getting frosted. I like the old flowers during the winter, they give a nice structure, particularly when frosted.
When you don't even know who's in the team
S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
From last year in April but I have so
many new flowers that are fading I
wondered if I should do it now & again
next year But obviously not
I love the look of the fading flowers - I think they're part of the attraction of hydrangeas
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Yes the spring dead heading seems to work for me , Just the old flower head just above the first swelling buds . Enjoy the changing colours as they fade as removing will not produce new blooms..
In the spring, when the new buds are really evident and prune just above those 2 buds. I usually do it early-mid April.