It's just not a Southern garden without a hydrangea or two. Members of the family Hydrangeaceae, hydrangeas have big attractive blooms that make them the MVPs of the garden. Their calling cards are ...

Hydrangea trees are shrubs trained and trimmed to look like a tree. They bring a vertical element to any space with their large, showy blooms atop tall stems, and can be underplanted with smaller ...

If you only plant one shrub this year, make it a hydrangea! Hydrangeas come in a staggering array of sizes and colors to fit every garden. There's a form and variety that will work in nearly every ...

Looking for a versatile, fast-growing, flowering shrub with long-lasting blooms in beautiful colors? Start dreaming about growing hydrangeas—the South's favorite flower—in your garden. Whether you're ...

Olivia Young is a writer, fact checker, and green living expert passionate about tiny living, climate advocacy, and all things nature. She holds a degree in Journalism from Ohio University. Bigleaf ...

The hydrangea family of flowering shrubs is one that has been expanding at an incredible pace over the last 20 years. At our store, we have as many as 30 different types of hydrangeas for sale. We are ...

Avoid these common errors, and you’ll be on your way to stunning hydrangea blooms.

I love old gardening sayings that have passed the test of time. One of my favorites is “prune until it hurts, and then prune some more.” The truism is meant to allay our fear of pruning, as though ...

While technically, you don't have to prune your hydrangeas, the act of cutting away old growth will help them maintain their shape, encourage new growth, and encourage more abundant blooms. The trick ...

Two hydrangea species are considered native for U.S. East Coast and suitable for U.S.D.A Hardiness Zones 5-7. They are: H. quercifolia (oakleaf hydrangea) and, H. arborescens (smooth or wild hydrangea ...

Welcome to ID That Tree! In this episode, Purdue Extension Forester Lenny Farlee introduces us to a striking native shrub known as Wild Hydrangea. Found in forest understories and along wooded slopes ...

A reader asked me why her hydrangea tree was not doing so well. I wrote a column about this in August, but this is the fourth question about hydrangeas I have had in the last two weeks. Her hydrangea ...