Whether you want to brighten up your backyard, or want a porch plant to showcase your home, hydrangeas are a popular choice. With their beautiful, clustered blooms, and pastel colors of pink, white ...

Hydrangeas are one of the most popular flowers in the United States, thanks to their big, bouncy blooms that come in lovely shades of pink, blue, white, purple, and beyond. To get even more out of ...

Everyone loves hydrangeas—especially Southerners. They're fluffy and vibrant, and for many, a symbol of nostalgia. The only downside? Their premium blooms can come at a premium price when bought at ...

Take a cutting from a branch of the hydrangea shrub about 5-6" long. Most experts say the cutting will work best if taken from a branch that did not flower this year. Remove the lower leaves of the ...

Q I took a cutting from a neighbor's hydrangea in the fall. It still appears to be alive, in a pot rigged with a plastic tent over it. What now? A Keep it in a cool room with indirect light, and keep ...

An easy way to get more plants is to propagate them from cuttings. This involves pruning a length of stem from a plant and ...

I came upon some coleus. But not just any coleus, a glorious coleus. An overflowing profusion of color. Each leaf was a leaf within a leaf. Each primordial pink eruption surrounded by a heart-shaped ...

Q: Several years ago I wrote to you, asking you how in the world I can get my hydrangeas to bloom, since I had never seen a flower on them for umpteen years– and I am not getting younger. You advised ...

Hydrangeas are a common flower found in many British gardens and they can be easily propagated from cuttings taken in late summer. Gardeners looking to increase the number of hydrangea plants they ...

Cuttings can be taken from almost any established plant to create a fresh version of it, and there are several ways to do it. Not only will taking cuttings allow gardeners to produce several new ...

Hydrangeas that bloom on old wood can finish flowering so late in the season that pruning them after they bloom may not leave enough time for them to form flower buds for next year. It’s often best to ...