Hydrangea pruning: Don't sweat it!

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How to prune panicle and smooth hydrangeas (Hydrangea paniculata and Hydrangea arborescens). The big thing is to not sweat it! You won't kill your hydrangea if you make a mistake. But note, this is only for hydrangeas that bloom on NEW wood, meaning the growth they put out this year. Don't prune Hydrangea macrophylla this way (in fact, don't prune Hydrangea macrophylla, aka bigleaf hydrangea, at all in spring) or you'll lose your flowers for this year.
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@Christie-gp2cy 2 года назад

Excellent tutorial. Yours is the first video I have watched that shows EXACTLY how to prune the branches properly. Thank you for sharing, I hope to see more of your videos soon.

@momcation9786 4 года назад

Thank you for your fun tips on pruning hydrangeas! You're on point when you show us how to have fun with gardening! Loved it!

@MrPattywac 3 года назад

Thank you for taking the stress out of this! I was curious about new wood vs. old wood pruning... I think that's where my stress came in to play!!

@lashandriasanderson6162 4 года назад

This is just what I needed. You made this look seamless! Thank you!

@mjpsew 5 лет назад

So glad I found your video. Very helpful to finally know the proper way to trim my different hydragea.

@dianesantelli4429 2 года назад

Thank you for your concise, uncomplicated, well explained tutorial. I was always a bit confused re the old vs new wood growth, but I finally understand it!

@SPINDY72 7 месяцев назад

Thank you for this content. Especially, thank you for the "don't stress out" validation at the beginning. I appreciate you putting out these videos.

@suzanneh3879 2 года назад

This the best video I've seen on how to prune hydrangeas. I've been stressing about cutting back my giant hydrangea, but I feel confident about taking care of this year. Thank you!

@chriswright6425 4 года назад

I have been worrying about how to prune/take care of our new hydrangeas planted last year and hopefully the mild winter will have helped and with your video we have new found confidence!!! Thank you for such a great video and information!!!!

@stormysampson1257 4 года назад

Finally, someone who is educated about pruning! Excellent excellent...thank you.

@feyrie 3 года назад

this video was released on my birthday, it is a sign that I follow this method for my limelight!!

@Nessabfly 4 года назад

Oh my goodness I knew I loved you the second you said “it’s hard to screw it up.” Thanks for being real!!

@TheImpatientGardener 4 года назад

It's true! Our plants can overcome a lot of our gardener's silliness.

@ChadAmI80 3 года назад

Thanks for the tips! We bought a house last spring and the previous owner had planted several Hydrangeas around the property. I had no idea what to do with them. I am glad I just let the blooms die and I didn't do anything. Now its Valentine's Day and I know that end of next month I can probably look at pruning them once they get some swollen buds.

@kumu2613 Год назад

So happy to see a gardener with a light hearted stress free attitude 🙏 gardening is to relieve stress and if we get stressed out about even this.....then, it is not really worth it. Many thanks. Subscribed. Following 👍

@18betz 4 года назад

Thanks for the pruning info! LOVE THE NEWFY's TOO.

@robinparker23 3 года назад

I love your video! You quickly get through the information without a lot of non-relevant conversation. THANKS!!! You’re now my garden go to, glad I found this video!

@christiandavidsonlamore6301 3 года назад

Hi how are you doing

@susanherrick5570 2 года назад

Very reassuring. I love the low stress approach! Thank you!

@EccentricNature 5 лет назад

I love how you cover lots of various problems and details about how to deal with them.

@beckysmith7142 2 года назад

Hi, looking for info on how to prune my hydrangeas, I found you, and I am so glad I did!!! This was a great video, full of informative information! One thing I would like to mention, my sister-in-law found out the hard way, that it is a good idea to wear safety glasses when pruning shrubs like hydrangeas. Luckily, she did not lose her eye or her eyesight in that eye, but she did have a significant injury. Just saying! Thank you so much for sharing, I have subscribed, and will go back and watch your videos that I have missed, and will look forward to future additions!

@feyrie 3 года назад

I also lov e that you take it down to a half, no wonder in your new video its so bushy and pretty! the blooms are perfect size too!

@LaurenBoston59 4 года назад

Two of my favorite things in the world! Newfies and hydrangeas! The sad thing is my hydrangeas outlived my newfies but they both brought joy and beauty to my world.

@christiandavidsonlamore6301 3 года назад

Hi Lauren

@debrariley2057 4 года назад

My kind of gardener. Lovely video.

@seriouslyreally5413 5 лет назад

You are so wonderful! Nothing has to be picture perfect and they grow beautifully in spite of your level of experiance, available time, winter snow load and deer hacking on it.

@TheAndrewFarthing 3 года назад

came for the info, stayed for those adorable newf babies. thanks for the helpful information!

@luciepaul1 3 года назад

Luv your No nonsense approach. Thank you for sharing

@michellew.7669 2 года назад

Most informative and easy to follow video I've watched yet

@kellyy4525 4 года назад

Thanks so much for the advice! I planted a bunch of new hydrangeas this past year and wasn't sure how to prune them. Now I feel ready to tackle the job!

@TheImpatientGardener 4 года назад

Great! Glad to be of help. Go a little light on the pruning while it's still getting established.

@kimberlyj4538 4 года назад

Love the cameo by your darling dog!

@christiandavidsonlamore6301 3 года назад

Hello Kimberly

@Christine83507 2 года назад

Thank you so much!! My hydrangea is all over the place. I can’t wait for after winter to follow this method. Turns out I was doing it wrong 😂

@zehraoksoy1137 4 года назад

Love your method. Very useful information. Thank you. From Turkey.

@1ClusterChuck 5 лет назад

Another great video. Thank You. It helps me be able to send the vid to my clients so they understand what I'm doing to their Hydrangeas.

@TheImpatientGardener 5 лет назад

So glad you enoyed it! I hope it helps your clients too.

@heathermacdonald6404 4 года назад

I like the way you get right into it instead of repeating yourself over and over. Thanks, so much!

@christiandavidsonlamore6301 3 года назад

Hello Heather

@christiandavidsonlamore6301 3 года назад

Hope you are safe from the virus?

@janicesisson4509 5 лет назад

Just found your site and going back to watch all your videos. Glad I found you. Now I can watch you and Garden Answer.

@TheImpatientGardener 5 лет назад

Janice Sisson I’m glad you found me, Janice! It’s fine to watch Garden Answer (well, obviously) because we actually garden in the same zone but Laura’s garden is SO far ahead of mine at this time of the year. It’s fun to see the differences.

@janicesisson4509 5 лет назад

Yes Laura’s garden is ahead of yours but I think she’s having an unusually early spring. I’ve watched her for years and she’s usually on pace with ours. I too am zone 5. I live in Windsor Ontario Canada, across the river from Detroit, Michigan.

@itshomelife 5 лет назад

Fantastic information Erin! Have a great spring!

@christinearmington 3 года назад

I love hydrangeas, but I’m here for the Newfies! 😆🥰

@jaaustin500 4 года назад

Thanks! I have the first kind you pruned and was wondering how to get it under control next spring. Love your Newfoundlanders as well! :-)

@TaylorTiree 3 года назад

Thank you for this wonderfully informative video. Watching from London 🇬🇧

@gd3515 3 года назад

Thank you for taking the time to share your knowledge. 🙂

@melodymacken9788 5 лет назад

Absolutely brilliant. Simple and to the point. from new zealand.

@heatherroth7444 3 года назад

Hello from Central WI! Thank you for the straightforward and helpful info.

@christiandavidsonlamore6301 3 года назад

Hello how are you

@valeriestrickler6902 5 лет назад

Where have you been all my RU-vid life. Thank you for such a simple explanation. I see you also like, Proven Winners. I love, love, love their flowers. I think you're great, and I just subscribed to your channel. Looking forward to more videos.

@TheImpatientGardener 5 лет назад

Thanks for such a nice comment, Valerie!

@christiandavidsonlamore6301 3 года назад

@pennyduncan5980 5 лет назад

Yeah! A Zone 5 gardener!

@christiandavidsonlamore6301 3 года назад

Hello penny

@myquiltshop 4 года назад

Thank you! I'm not scared any more!!

@bradlyharvey1418 Год назад

Just what I needed. I have no clue what I’m doing, so I’m just going to have at it whilst not freaking out.

@junewrogg6137 3 года назад

I have Limelights and I trim before spring, but kept meaning to look up if I was doing it correct. So thank you! I live in western WI

@BroadwayGardener 4 года назад

Great tips!!! I’m hoping for tons of blooms this season 🤞🏾

@CSFAV 5 лет назад

Great thorough information. Thank you!!!

@hollynunes5359 3 года назад

Thanks ! I grew up with them everywhere in my moms yard(up north new england) n now im on the west coast of florida, sarasota area, and thought Id try them out here. Wish me luck🌻🌼😁🌷😁

@SweetStuffOnMonarchLane 5 лет назад

Great information, thank you!

@BroadwayGardener 5 лет назад

I’m so nervous about my 1st hydrangea! This is so helpful

@TheImpatientGardener 5 лет назад

Nikki’s Drama Greenhouse You’ll do great! No worries, they are tough plants.

@mabelgoddard5813 5 лет назад

Wonderful information! Thank you for sharing!

@upacrk11 4 года назад

Nice delivery! Thanks!

@jeansweezie6241 2 года назад

Excellent! I have been looking for info like this

@lonshelton5129 3 года назад

Love your presentation style, thank you.

@nicholepiper2550 4 года назад

OMG! Thank you for making that super easy to understand. You’re the first one and I so appreciate you! Heading out to the yard now.

@christiandavidsonlamore6301 3 года назад

Hello

@barbll000 5 лет назад

Great video taking the fear out of this task.

@christiandavidsonlamore6301 3 года назад

Hello Barbara

@dallastaylor5479 5 лет назад

It looks like you could almost make that hydrangea into a tree form. Glad to see a new video from you. I just got the BoBo hydrangea last year, geeked to see hoe it does this year.

@TheImpatientGardener 5 лет назад

Marcia W Bono has done so well for me! And yes, if I had started pruning that Limelight into a standard (tree form) several years ago I guess I could. But I like the sort of vase shape it’s taken on.

@tracyvonalmen7820 4 года назад

Just found your channel and subscribed tonight. Love your name and your relaxed attitude!!! “Not a high stress situation.” From Chicago suburb.🙂

@TheImpatientGardener 4 года назад

Hi there neighbor to the south! :) Thanks for subscribing and saying hello.

@saradowns5549 4 года назад

I LOVE YOUR ATTITUDE! and your videos. My kind of gardener for sure! "Don't sweat it!" philosophy gives me confidence. Your pace is perfect! Some videos are WAY too long and they talk so slow..."I'm not an idiot" ...ya know? I can understand something if you talk fast, and, in fact, if you talk slow, I'm more apt to give up because my mind wanders in between the presenter's words. Ha! Thanks so much. You've been a great help!!! :) I'll be looking for more videos from you as I have more gardening questions.

@TheImpatientGardener 4 года назад

Thank You!

@corinnemontgomery8325 3 года назад

Thank you for the information. My daughter has Hydrangeas in her yard and has asked me for some advice in getting them ready for winter. We are now going to wait until just before the snow melts.

@christiandavidsonlamore6301 3 года назад

Hello Corinne

@yvettele5518 4 года назад

Thanks much for the tips...nice job!

@GardenDoodles 4 года назад

Thank you. This was very helpful!

@MarySmith-hb2uu 5 лет назад

Thanks for teaching me I only have 1 flower blooming this year of dividing 3 bushes!

@christiandavidsonlamore6301 3 года назад

Hi Mary

@kfb5583 3 года назад

Great video, Thank you! Love your pups, my daughter has one!

@christiandavidsonlamore6301 3 года назад

Hi Kathy

@casenmolly 3 года назад

Thank you very much for sharing your experience.

@maryodriscoll5378 4 года назад

Thank you, n l love ur dog 2.

@MoonLightOnWater1 10 месяцев назад

First video that showed exactly where to prune: THANK YOU! Oh oh….I just planted my little like hydrangeas in June and they grew beautifully. I cust a few flowers according to another videos few days prior to a heatwave. After the heatwave the remaining flowers turned crispy and ALL the leaves fell off….I was heartbroken! I sure hope my plant survives. The leaves are now growing back, but I see no signs of the flowers😢

@reginabraun7448 4 года назад

Thank you. Planted my first hydrangea this year.

@TheImpatientGardener 4 года назад

Enjoy it!

@trueworks7361 3 года назад

I cut the dried blooms with some stem early December and spray paint them, and use for a winter wreath. Then come spring, I give the bush a good pruning.

@johncrawford5856 Год назад

You did a great job. I now know what to do. and you made so easy to do==much complicated

@TD_427 2 года назад

Excellent. Thank you.

@maureengreen617 5 лет назад

Excellent video! I grow all varieties in my garden on Cape Cod. Your advice is spot on-- don't worry, go for it and be amazed each summer that what looks so scalped in March is shockingly prolific by July and August. I notice you didn't cover macrophyllas, probably owing to your zone 5 climate. I couldn't grow them in Syracuse, zone 5, either. Cape Cod is a 7. Keep up the good work. I especially loved your approach to clean up. I'm the same. Phase 1 is prune the plant. Phase 2 is take the branches to the dump--whenever I get around to it. Here's to a great 2019 in the yard.

@TheImpatientGardener 5 лет назад

Thank you! I have a few macrophyllas around but most of them are not long for this world (at least in my yard). It’s just such a hard place for them to be bud hardy and why bother with that when there are so many reliable bloomers? I’m a terribly inefficient gardener, but I can only concentrate on one job at a time so I end up making a mess and then cleaning up a mess. Good to know I’m not alone.

@carmenbailey8209 5 лет назад

You have a really nice property, lucky you 👍

@matthewrix2164 3 года назад

And dogs

@imahappygal1 5 лет назад

Very informative! Thank you!

@moorescience 4 года назад

THANK you so much!! This is wonderful.

@christiandavidsonlamore6301 3 года назад

Hello Ann

@melissasiegel3486 5 лет назад

I love your take on gardening. I feel so much better about how I accidentally hacked at my hydrangea a year ago. Now I'm not worried that I ruined it!

@TheImpatientGardener 5 лет назад

Hydrangeas are tough shrubs and pretty darn forgiving. It’ll be great and if you make a mistake pruning, there’s always next year!

@Endurance00501 5 месяцев назад

@@TheImpatientGardenerHelp! What if you prune all the way down and take off half the main stem off before winter?

@TheImpatientGardener 5 месяцев назад

@@Endurance00501 The worst thing that will happen is that you may not have flowers this year or not until late in the season. But you haven’t killed it.

@Endurance00501 5 месяцев назад

@TheImpatientGardener Does it come back thicker overall? Or starting over on the branches and blooms?

@janetsmith9717 4 года назад

Very helpful - thanks so much!

@christiandavidsonlamore6301 3 года назад

Hello Janet

@karencole3200 3 года назад

Love the Newfoundland Dogs -- love my newfy's

@sleepinglioness5754 3 года назад

Keep the stems (the long straight ones) and make a beautiful 'star' wrapped with twine. Make them different sizes and hang them over your garage door, on your fence, on your house. Easy to make and really nice. The limelight rhodos are great for this with their long stems.

@leahbeamon1098 3 года назад

Thank you I was so lost !!!

@christiandavidsonlamore6301 3 года назад

Hello how are you doing my friend

@PamelaGroppe 5 лет назад

Great info! I have to prune mine in Fall as our snows are so wet and heavy (it is also called Sierra Cement) and we get so much of it it just rips the stems off.

@LindaLuxable 3 года назад

We have wet snows in Indiana. Here it is October, and I have not cut the blooms off, but they are heavy. I've never had this many blooms before. Can I trim some of the largest blooms without hurting spring's new growth?

@FlowerPatchFarmhouse 3 года назад

@@LindaLuxable That depends on what type of hydrangea it is. Is it a hydrangea that only blooms on old wood or on new as well? I do cut just the blooms off of my hydrangea that blooms only on old wood, but nothing further below. I will prune back my Paniculata hydrangeas next month, November. I need to do some videos since we have unique conditions (the wet heavy snows) and have to prune a bit differently.

@christiandavidsonlamore6301 3 года назад

Hello how are you

@Ivy_1057 3 года назад

Thank you!

@tomholmes1350 2 года назад

Love your ‘no stress’ approach to pruning!

@MrSoldierperson 5 лет назад

Great video!! You're funny.

@claresabo4322 4 года назад

Very informative.

@13dmharris 4 года назад

Really helpful video

@ellenoconnor1226 3 года назад

Thank you, Erin. Your videos are so helpful and your relaxed attitude adds to the enjoyment of gardening. I'm in Central New York (5b) so it's wonderful to have someone who understands cold and heavy snow. I planted some hydrangeas last year that were labeled as Annabel, but I think they might actually be Limelight. Now I know I can prune either one with the same result. Love the pups too.

@christiandavidsonlamore6301 3 года назад

Hello how are you

@fancyllama5887 3 года назад

Very helpful👍🏽😊

@KellyLehman 4 года назад

Terrific video . good job

@christiandavidsonlamore6301 3 года назад

Hello how are you

@sharikanuika-huber4774 5 лет назад

Thank you 🌸

@christiandavidsonlamore6301 3 года назад

Hello Shari

@Donamtrx 5 лет назад

Great video!! And just when I needed it!! I've got incrediball, bobo & lil lime...this will the 2nd yr for all of them & I almost cut them today...but I'm still somewhat intimidated by them. (chronic over thinker here)🙋🏻Thanx for the no nonsense tips..I will be takin care of business tomorrow! Much appreciated!!!

@TheImpatientGardener 5 лет назад

Donamtrx Good luck! Thanks for watching.

@taylormesa6166 3 года назад

Hi! Thanks so much for this video. We just bought a house that has a lot of hydrangeas that look similar to the ones at the beginning of the video. They need to be pruned but have started to get quite a bit of leaves. Should I leave them alone or try to prune them?

@on4acres 4 года назад

Great video, have you done a video on how to fertilize hydrangeas?

@jennw9979 6 месяцев назад

Shoot it’s been warm and I don’t know what I’m doing so I just hacked my whole yard. I need to watch more of your videos

@bethmcgoldrick2633 4 года назад

The Newfies!

@beachnutblooms1239 4 года назад

Any advice on pruning oakleaf hydrangas?

@nima16042 Год назад

Perfect I was wondering if I left the old school peegee hydrangea (I wanted it for it’s height) would stop flopping if I just didn’t prune it but it seems like people say that will reduce the size of blooms…so it seems I can best help support the stems next year by just giving them a judicious cut

@la196 4 года назад

Good info! Beautiful dogs...Newfoundlands right? Gorgeous!

@DennisCDill 3 года назад

I admired the folding tree saw. What brand is it and would you recommend it?

@marciawoods3270 4 года назад

I planted several of these the first year I got a few blooms. The last two years no blooms. Any ideas please that would help with this? Also should we cut snowball bushes and rose bushes down before winter?