One of the South’s most iconic flowers, the Hydrangea is more than just a shrub with a big, showy blooms. Now, you can bring those beloved blossoms up to eye level (or higher) with a tree-form ...
The panicled hydrangea was “discovered” in Japan in 1829, but had reached U. S. gardens as the Civil War was ending. For nearly a century, there were not many cultivars available, but now names like ...
Q: I bought a "tree" hydrangea that's about 4 feet tall and pruned to one main trunk with branches coming out all around the top. How do I prune this and when? A: Now's the time to do the deed. Tree ...
Hard to believe, but fall is here. The air is crisp and rain will soon become a common companion. But there are still lots of questions coming in about gardening. What's up in your garden? Got ...
Q: I read your post on pruning a hydrangea tree, but it's September, and my little tree is so weighted down by arching branches and blooms everywhere that it basically looks like a bush lying in a ...
Don't just look to autumn flowers and gorgeous leaf-changing trees for fall foliage. There's a variety of hydrangea that will ...
The Hydrangea macrophylla is widely used in our area. It comes from Japan, has an asymmetrically rounded growth habit, growing 4 to 6 feet high and as wide. It does well as a landscape shrub or in a ...
The third week of July is the beginning of hydrangea season. I love hydrangeas so much that I have an entire outdoor garden room devoted to shade-loving hydrangeas. (You can see the blue and white ...
Q:I recently saw a climbing hydrangea at a local garden center. I was very interested in buying one, but hesitated because it uses roots to attach onto the support structure and also can get 30 to 50 ...
Q: I’m enclosing a picture of a problem with my large evergreen. A lot of dry ends dropped off the tips of branches this spring. You can see the dry ends in the photo. Can you tell me what’s wrong? — ...
Q: I have two basswood trees in my backyard that appear to be struggling this year. Normally they are very full with leaves, but this year they were sparse. Also, the leaves have bumps on them and ...