Hydrangeas are lovely, colourful shrubs adored by gardeners for their beauty and ease of care. Especially now, as it's prime time to prune climbing hydrangeas, the variety that can beautifully adorn walls, fences, or trees with their bountiful blooms. Summer often sees pruning neglected, since gardens are typically awash with flowers in full display.
Unlike most hydrangeas which require a springtime trim, climbing hydrangeas demand attention during summer to keep them in shape and prevent overgrowth. It's crucial to prune climbing hydrangeas correctly now to ensure future growth and blooming. Get it wrong, and you might face a bloom-less garden next season, experts warn.
A gardening expert has warned: "Mess up pruning your climbing hydrangea, and you could end up with no flowers next year, so this is how to do it correctly." Michael, a green-fingered aficionado and self-styled "nature lover" who dispenses his horticultural know-how on TikTok under @themediterraneangardener . Michael shares insightful tips on precisely pruning climbing hydrangeas in one of his instructive videos, advising they should be "pruned immediately" after their summertime flowering, reports the Express .
He advises: "Most flowers appear towards the top of the plant, so try to leave that as un-pruned as possible." "You can still remove the faded flower heads, cut back any dead stems and shorten wayward shoots, always pruning just above two healthy buds." For instance, while demonstrating on a climbing h.