Spring is the time when gardens come alive — with shoots, leaves, buds, blooms, and insects (sometimes, to our utter chagrin). After surviving the cold winter, as eggs, larvae, or adults, pests seek ...

Perennial hydrangeas are the highlight of any garden. They can, however, get large. Instead, choose this compact, ...

Hydrangea shrubs in the sunlight with a purple, pink, and blue gradiant. - Svetlana Zhukova/Shutterstock If you're tired of fussing over your hydrangeas, there are other options that bloom just as ...

Some hydrangeas can also be cut down to the ground to protect them from winter weather, while others need a more gentle approach where pruning is done in a staggered way over years -- both of these, ...

Deadheading hydrangeas can be a somewhat tricky business because hydrangea varieties you have in your garden require different approaches to this task. If done improperly in autumn, deadheading some ...

As spring arrives, one particular shrub in my garden never fails to catch the eye of visitors. Without fail, someone will remark, “That’s the biggest hydrangea bush I’ve ever seen!” Others might say, ...

The Endless Summer hydrangea is a newer variety that flowers on both old and new wood, so it will bloom “endlessly” all summer even if it is pruned in the spring. Courtesy photo The beginning of April ...

Q : I suspect I have kudzu climbing on my backyard fence (see reader's photo). There is a weed that has already choked out one climbing rose bush and is heading to another. Could you help me identify ...

A: Those spots are due to Cercospora leaf spot, a fungus. Since the hydrangea will lose its leaves soon anyways, don’t worry too much now. Once they fall, rake all the leaves out from under the plant ...