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When is the best time to prune Hydrangeas?




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Not yet - wait until the very cold weather is over, as the dead flower heads give a little protection to the new shoots. I normally do mine in March - you are a lot further north, so be careful not to cut them back too soon.

12 Feb, 2010

 

i tend to do mine april/march depending on how much frost we have still.

12 Feb, 2010

 

Exactly! :-))

12 Feb, 2010

 

I don't do them till April, and then the middle of April, once I can see where the new growth is coming from, and I'm in London - where you are, I'd certainly wait till mid April, possibly longer, unless we're having a warmer than usual spring.

13 Feb, 2010

 

do you think we will have a warmer than normal spring? lots of sleet this afternoon :o(

13 Feb, 2010

 

Oooh - nasty. (shiver!).

13 Feb, 2010

 

No idea, Seaburngirl - maybe, maybe not, you never know, we can but hope... One thing I do know about the weather in England - it can turn in a heartbeat from freezing and dull to warm and sunny (in Spring anyway)

14 Feb, 2010

 

and in summer in my experience. :o(
especially when hubby is off work and wanting to go out on his bike!

14 Feb, 2010

 

We do sometimes get all four seasons in one day, don't we! lol.

14 Feb, 2010

 

yep sure do.

14 Feb, 2010

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