Cutting back hydrangeas at the wrong time can affect the next season's blooms. Once new buds form, pruning can result in a ...

Learn the key differences between old wood and new wood hydrangeas, including their characteristics, pruning needs, and ...

Nobody's perfect, true, but your hydrangea will thank you for avoiding these common pruning ...

Secateurs at the ready: March is the perfect month to prune back garden plants such as hydrangeas, rambling roses and a ...

The aim with gooseberries is to create an open, goblet shape. “You want good airflow through the centre,” Ali said. “Remove ...

A guide to what to do with hydrangeas in February, including expert tips for mulching, pruning, protecting, and deadheading your shrubs in late winter.

Though cold January offers little to do in the garden, some plants still appreciate a little love and care before spring arrives. Dormant fruit trees, blowsy hydrangeas and climbing roses could all do ...

Aldi suggests trimming last year's growth back to roughly 30-60cm from ground level, adjusting based on the plant's size and vigour. He said: "It can look brutal. But buddleia responds very well to a ...

Since it produces flowers on new wood—meaning summer blooms emerge from shoots developed that same year—achieving "big, dramatic flower spikes" requires hard pruning "now". Aldi recommends cutting ...

Five key plants need cutting back before February ends, or your garden could suffer fewer blooms and smaller harvests this ...