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Simard Answer: Sure you can prune it, but to understand how and why, it is worth explaining what a hydrangea tree is.
Mar 25, The Endless Summer hydrangea made a huge splash on the Minnesota landscape plant scene because of its pink to blue color flowers (achievable with proper soil amendment) and because it blooms on old and new wood. Hydrangea arborescens, smooth hydrangea.
Let these plants grow a season or two before doing any serious"hard" pruning. Sep 04, A hydrangea tree is in fact a panicled or PG hydrangea (Hydrangea paniculata) specially pruned to take on a treelike shape.
Once the shrub is established and has a couple of growing seasons under its belt, prune these hydrangeas in the spring down to the ground, or not at all if you want a larger shrub.
In the summer, it forms at the tip of its branches large elongated clusters of white or lime-green flowers, depending on the cultivar, which gradually become pink or even reddish through the shrubmulching.clubted Reading Time: 5 mins.
Pruning in late fall or early spring before new growth begins will bring new blooms all summer. Big Leaf and Oakleaf hydrangeas should be pruned no later than early fall, otherwise you may cut off buds preventing any blooms come summer.
For these types of hydrangeas, it’s best to prune Missing: Newport MN. Arborescens: Prune in spring, hard (to ground) if desired once the shrub is well established.
Paniculata: Prune in fall, late winter, or spring. Petiolaris (climbing hydrangea): Prune little or none. Dead wood may be removed after flowering. Due to Macrophylla hydrangea blooming on old wood, it is advisable to protect from rabbits.