Prune hydrangea
jad1
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Some help please. In north cornwall we are snow free and a mild climate.
This year one of my hydrangeas in still very green. Although last years flowers are dead the leaves are still green and looking very strong.
Should i prune now( which is the norm here) or wait until later when perhaps some leaves may have died.
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If you want to tidy it up now I'd go ahead, given your location & if you've done it before.
Perhaps dont prune right down to where you really want to go, but say to a couple of buds/nodes above, so any late frosts would 'nip' those shoots instead. That way is erring on the safe side? J.
The only pruning I have ever done is to remove the old flower heads-wouldn't worry at all about the leaves-let them do their own thing in time
To sotongeoff. What a good idea. I didnt think of that