Hydrangea - is this one a Lacecap Hydrangea please?

It looks like it is to me Olive and its very pretty too;0)

Thanks for that Pansy. I had it given to me because the owner didn't want it in a pot anymore and I planted it in the border it has grown and grown, it had more flowers last year think I must have pruned it wrongly. Will check out how to on line and make sure I do not get it wrong again. Thanks again for the info. x :O)

Good luck with it Olive, Im not sure but I think you leave the flower heads on until spring, but Im sure smeone on here will know exactly what to do ;0)

Thanks Pansy :O)

Barbara ... looks like a Lacecap Hydrangea to me as it has tiny flowers in the centre with an outer border of large petals. Mopheads have full, roundish heads of large petals.
I leave the dry brown heads on the Mopheads over Winter, but remove the spent blooms of the Lacecaps, as they are hardier, cutting them back to the second pair of leaves below the head. Hope this helps ... :o)

oh thank you for that Shirley, I did wonder how I should have been looking after it. think I must have cut it back too far last year. We live and learn don't we, never too late to learn a new trick either. thanks again. :O)

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I agree with Shirley too, but I wasn't aware that you cut it before March. Something else I have learnt ! Thankyou Shirley. It looks lovely Barbara.

Thanks Rose :O)

I read, somewhere, that leaving the heads on provides shelter to insects and against frost.

I have left it alone this year as advised not to chop it back. They do look untidy though without their leaves. Soon be back with some colour on it hopefully. :O)

Untidy?
Tatty, more like. Lol.

yes it is, but have noticed there are buds developing already on it. Spring is just around the corner.

Not your's, in particular, Olive!
I meant in general, as too many of them can make a garden or park look neglected.

Know what you mean Mouldy they self set here rather too well, so I am constantly pulling up the shoots of the silver birches. lol. If you leave them too long they have to be dug out. lol. same with the oak trees that darned squirrel plants acorns everywhere. lol.

Note to self: Source squirrel deterent.