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We have a Hydrangea plant in the front garden. This summer it was beautiful and lush with a lot of blooms. Now that it is winter, it looks terrible!!! Should I dig it up and throw it away or will it return to the beautiful plant this spring? It is really ugly……

First of all, can hydrangea flowers also be planted outside; or are they strictly indoors? What temperature would the hydrangea live at the best?
Then, how do I take care of my hydrangea flowers? How moist must the soil be, etc?

Thank you for any help or advice!

I bought a red hydrangea that was pretty and I dug the hole and put some humus in it and set the hydrangea in it and it is dying, Need to know why

I got a potted hydrangea last year and planted it in the back yard at the end of summer. It had grown back again this year and had nice green leaves. Alas, my doofus boyfriend thought it was a weed and cut it with the lawn mower! Will it grow back again next year - or is it doomed at this point?

I would like to know what the taller branches are with the fruit shaped pods on them? The leaves on the bush parts containing current hydrangea blooms, and the leaves on the taller branches with the large pods look similar to each other, if not the same…is this another bloom season? or do i look deeper for a graft? help! thank you

I have a climbing vine on an arbor in my yard. It was planted by the previous owners. I though it was bittersweet , but my neighbor said it was a climbing hydrangea. From the pictures I found online they both look incredibly similar, and if it is a male bittersweet it will not produce the telltale berries. How can I tell what kind of plant it is?

every winter I find dried hydrangeas in my yard even though I have scoured the neighborhood and can’t find any in the summer. I also seem to find hydrangeas bushes or blosoms in most unusual places. Usually places that are associated with a decision I have to make or a conflict I feel.

should it be cut all the way or part of the way?

I’m looking for the perfect (blue!) S. California hydrangea, really, but I’m mostly looking for a stronger blue as my soil doesn’t seem to have much aluminum or my regular fertilizer is binding it out somehow.

Right now I’m growing: ‘Ami Paquier’, which never goes past lavender; ‘Dooley’ and ‘Penny Mac’, both of which will go pale blue (’Penny Mac’ blooms are willing to switch mid-growth, making odd color mixes); and H. m. nigra which will daintily picotee sharply blue.

‘Penny Mac’ never stops blooming except in February, but doesn’t keep color so I am constantly having to prune old heads off. ‘Dooley’ doesn’t seem to like my lack of humidity, and is growing very small. H. m. nigra has beautiful black stems and takes walkway abuse well, but is highly succeptible to powdery mildew. ‘Ami Paquier’ blooms very early, keeps color, and is mildew-proof.

Anyone have dry-hot weather experience with ‘Endless Summer’ or ‘Enziadom’? Are they good blues here?

I have some hydrangea clippings that are just starting to get roots. Should I hold these indoors until next spring to plant outside, or should I go ahead and plant them now? I’m worried they might not be strong enough to survive winter. If I hold them until spring, where should I keep them through the winter?