Now, with yer hy-dee-rangers …

[callmemadam]

Years ago, a nice old boy came to give a talk to the Horticultural Society. To my delight, he called hydrangeas hy-dee-rangers. His advice was good, though. Yesterday, on Gardeners’ World, Monty Don pronounced that now is the time to prune hydrangeas. Hmm. I always used to do them in March, work a little rose fertiliser round them and let them get on with it. That’s why I like them: one job, once a year and months of flower. This year, we are still having quite heavy frosts every morning, so I’ll be postponing that pruning for a while.

Comments

[gwendraith]

I used to prune my one in Ely in March. Other than that I never looked after it except water it now and then as it turned out to be planted over a sewer pipe so dried out quickly whenever it rained. It always produced loads of glorious blooms so must have liked it there :)

[callmemadam]

Still frosty, so still no pruning. It must be done soon! No sewer pipe near my hydrangeas but they still flower well. Beautiful day and I hate to say it, but we could do with some rain :-)