Re: Pruning Hydrangeas

Please note:   the PeeGee Hydrangea is actually Hydrangea paniculata
'Grandiflora', (or a specific cultivar?).  As I mentioned in my last post on
this subject -- See Pruning Annabelle--- the paniculate and arborescent types
of Hydrangea bloom on new wood, and respond well to spring or late fall
pruning.

"Mop-Head" Hydrangeas bloom on new wood, and if pruning is desired (other
than cutting out dead, diseased or really old stems), it should be done after
the plant blooms.

Rika    Willow Pond Nursery        http://www.willowpondnursery.com

MYG1728 wrote:

> >Oakleaf and Peegee hydrangeas
>
> While we have no experience with Peegee we think pruning back Oakleaf to
> the ground is extreme.  We have never cut back our Oakleaf Hydrangeas in
> our garden here in southwestern Michigan, zone 5.  Actually except for an
> occasional snip here and there to maintain size/shape we usually do not
> prune them at all of course ours even after a number of years are only
> five feet tall.  They are all underplanted with perrenials and companion
> shrubs.  Will be interesting to see if others actually have to prune
> theirs.
>
> w martin
> myg1728@aol.com
> http://www.oakmediacreations.com/myg/index.html
>
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