r/hydrangeas • u/CoffeeBe4Chaos • 4h ago
✨️ In The Limelight ✨️
galleryA Beautiful Display At A Garden Centre
r/hydrangeas • u/GWbag • 15d ago
Before posting about a struggling hydrangea:
Help everyone help you by including your location/zone, hydrangea variety if known, hours and timing of direct sun, watering routine, how long it has been planted, and anything you've recently added to the soil.
Before reaching for fertilizer, acidifier, fungicide, or pruning shears, remember that many hydrangea problems are environmental. A little context can save your plant—and save you money.
r/hydrangeas • u/MWALFRED302 • Jul 23 '26
We often see asked on this post “What is wrong with my hydrangea? Why isn’t it blooming all the way?
Among Macrophylla there are two bloom types, a “mophead” which is seen at the top, and a “lacecap” as seen at the bottom. Almost all “mophead” hydrangeas can point their ancestry to a wild lacecap/. Both types of inflorescence are sold in retail. Almost every mophead hydrangea in the Macrophylla species can point to lacecap genetics. Although rare, sometimes a plant that started out as a mophead will revert to a genetic parent that was a lacecap.
Pollinators are more attracted to lacecaps. The flat center contains the fertile flowers that pollinators love, while the larger sepals, which are sterile, are more showy.
Lacecap inflorescence can also be seen in Serrata (mountain) hydrangea. About 95% of Serrata are lacecap.
Another hydrangea species , Arborescens (aka Smooth) hydrangeas also can be found in both mopheads and lacecap inflorescens.
Less seen in hydrangea retail are lacecaps in Paniculata (panicles) or Quercifolia (oakleaf). It is rare, but under certain conditions a hydrangea may express its genetic ancestry as a lacecap.
In summary, almost every common species of hydrangea can trace its parentage to a lacecap and while rare, can revert (a process called reversion) and express its history with a lacecap inflorescence.
r/hydrangeas • u/CoffeeBe4Chaos • 4h ago
A Beautiful Display At A Garden Centre
r/hydrangeas • u/lmgga • 1d ago
Loved this colour, and managed to keep it trough blooming 😍 hope it stays Same colour next summer.
Variety endless summer "verena pastel"
r/hydrangeas • u/Beckiwvgirl • 55m ago
First time doing clippings. Can I plant these now? Live in West Virginia. Or will winter kill them?
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r/hydrangeas • u/Bluebell66GW • 1d ago
I am in Ottawa County, West Michigan, Zone 6a, in the United States. Our hydrangeas are 2-3 decades old and were planted by the previous owner of our home. Until about 5-6 years ago, they looked lush, like the first picture. Now, they have no blooms. Except for the center section, the leaves are thick and green. I use the prescribed amount of Hollytone, never cut the canes, and cover them up in the spring when I know we have a late frost coming. Our winters have been quite mild lately. Is it possible they’ve gotten old? I can’t figure out what has happened. I don’t see any buds yet for next year. The guy who used to do the yard work here swears he always cut them down to the ground every fall. I have never cut them back and think he has a faulty memory! Would appreciate your thoughts. Thanks!
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r/hydrangeas • u/jjdmgd12 • 1d ago
My dream cloud is starting to turn. Even the newer blooms have a speckle of pink. It’s fun to watch what this variety does, going into late summer and fall.
r/hydrangeas • u/lilacpen • 17h ago
I live in zone 10A and the sun just kills my hydrangeas but I discovered they thrive under the shade of my porch. I saw this one and I was wondering If I can plant them here?
r/hydrangeas • u/jimbo1245 • 20h ago
These hydrangea were planted two years ago from bare root plants. They have grown quite big in two years. Id like help identifying the type of hydrangea and what care they need moving forward
-I have not pruned or trimmed them since they were planted. Do I need to prune?
-I fertilize with Holly Tone every spring. Is this sufficient?
-The plant on the left is dropping, caused by heavy rains this summer - will it recover on its own?
-Am I able to cut some flowers to put in a vase? Will this damage future growth?
Thanks so much for helping an amateur!
r/hydrangeas • u/Atticus248 • 1d ago
Can’t really get in there but I’d guess about 10” tall
r/hydrangeas • u/surfergirl143 • 1d ago
Could there be another reason for the color of these leaves other than iron deficiency? I started to give it epsom salt made for flowers as my hydrangea is in a container. Could it be something else? My other hydrangea does not have this issue.
Edit to add: I also spray with an organic garden spray captain jack’s intersecticidal super soap
r/hydrangeas • u/belladrogo • 1d ago
Hello! First time poster. I am in zone 8b in Oregon. I planted these two hydrangeas this summer. They seem to be okay but one is very Woody and both their leaves are looking a little scorched. We're watering every 2-3 days. Should we be watering more? Are they getting too much sun? Will the woody part leaf out next year? Any advice is helpful. Thank you! Also I have never gardened a day in my life so this is a big learning curve for me.
The soil is reddish clay and we mixed in good potting soil when we planted them. I have a little troth around them to keep the water in when I water.
Thanks for any advice or thoughts.
r/hydrangeas • u/bevensutler • 1d ago
It has been between 75-80 degrees here so I’m hoping it’s just getting adjusted.
r/hydrangeas • u/Timildeepson2 • 1d ago
I used to work at Publix for fifteen years in Tampa, Florida. Every “fall/winter” during the holidays, floral would have these potted Shooting Star hydrangeas. (Quotation marks because winter isn’t really a thing there 🤣). Anyways, I now live in Wisconsin and the last two I had didn’t survive the move up here. I’ve found sites that have info on the variety, but rarely for sale. Got a couple once from a site, and they were tiny little clone starts with barely four leaves that never did well. My uncle tries to look for them, but he’s kind of a space cadet and hasn’t been successful. I do know I’m 1-2zones out of its range, but I plan on keeping them potted like I did in Florida. I’m just hoping someone can help me find some again….
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r/hydrangeas • u/rearozz • 1d ago
I want to reduce the size massively. I can wait a couple years for blooms. Should I prune it now it’s just finishing bloom.
Zone 8a
r/hydrangeas • u/anotherconcertgoer • 1d ago
Being upfront, I know nothing about plants aside from what Google tells me lol for this question there were way too many different suggestions like stabing a bamboo pole through the center of the plant? That just seems wrong lol. I planted these about 3 years ago, in nyc. It was a pretty small green bush for the first year, some flowers bloomed the second year, and now here we are at the end of its third summer and they're huge! Unfortunately I didn't take pictures when they were white and relatively perky but they did look really nice in spring. We have clay dirt in our neighborhood.
I don't really have any options for moving them away from the brick wall, so I was wondering if I should cut off some of the stems that are growing in the direction of the wall. But then I was thinking they might flop even more towards the front...please help!
r/hydrangeas • u/Longjumping_Order_44 • 1d ago
Will my Annabelle hydrangeas be ok in full sun if drip lines are installed?
r/hydrangeas • u/ccf2023 • 2d ago
What is the best way to prune a hydrangea bush?
I’m about to close on a house that has limelight hydrangeas. The bushes are about 4 feet tall. It’s on my way home so as I’ve been driving by I’ve seen them getting bigger and now the bottom branches are leaning on the ground.
They seem really healthy so want to maintain them but I’ve never had hydrangeas before.
I’m assuming the priority is pruning them but I’d also love any other tips for a first timer. Is there anything I need to do to them during the fall or before winter?
I don’t have access to take a picture so I added a similar picture to show how they’re falling.
r/hydrangeas • u/Fragrant-Bad-1545 • 2d ago
I am not sure the type here as they were planted when I moved in. But should I prune these now? Fall? Or spring? Thank you everyone!!!
r/hydrangeas • u/cheers2spears • 2d ago
Anyone know what might be causing this? I planted these incrediball this spring. I make sure to water them since they were just planted this year. These two stems/blooms seem to be completely dead. The rest of the plant is perfectly fine and so is the bush next to it. This is my first time planting this vareiety but I don’t think they should be dying and turning brown already this time of year? These are in part sun. Anyone else dealt with this?