The 12th Annual Cape Cod Hydrangea Festival runs from July 10-19, featuring the region's signature flowers. Despite a cold ...

A professional gardener weighs in on whether you should cut off your dead hydrangea flowers, as well as tips on when and how.

For healthy hydrangeas with colorful new blooms every year, try this easy pruning technique that works best if carried out in ...

Most hydrangea failures trace to one mistake: planting an old-wood bloomer where late frost kills the buds. Panicle wins for hands-off bloom across Zones 3–9; smooth is best in cold regions; oakleaf ...

This is a 25-year-old crape myrtle. I have 20 to 25 crape myrtles in my yard and this is the only one that has this condition ...

Deciduous and evergreen types are ideal to create privacy in your yard. Here are 15 privacy shrubs that thrive both in full sun or partial shade.

Nothing says summer like hydrangeas. These giant blooms are impossible to miss and hard not to fall in love with. These plants are easy to grow, but there's a few common mistakes that keep gardeners ...

Old-wood hydrangeas, like bigleaf and oakleaf, can be pruned in summer right after flowers fade to protect next year’s buds. New-wood hydrangeas, like panicle and smooth, should not be pruned in ...

Pruning is my favorite gardening task and I am happy that the pruning season is quickly approaching. It’s a good time to prune back shrubs that bloomed early in spring. However, I’d avoid pruning ...

Submitted photo Caring for your hydrangeas can change depending on which species you have. Pruning hydrangeas starts with knowing what type you have. Danielle from Poland asks, “When should I prune my ...