How to Deadhead Hydrangea

Deadheading is removing the dead hydrangea flowers. The main goal of deadheading is to tidy up your hydrangea shrub.

What is Deadheading?

I’d like to warn you of the dangers of pruning hydrangeas. Pruning hydrangeas can result in no flowers the following year. If you cut off a large portion of the hydrangea stem, you can accidentally cut off the flower buds. The hydrangea flower buds are the flowers for next summer!

A Word of Warning

Remove just enough dead flowers so the shrub looks neat and tidy. I don’t prune much further than that.

Deadhead Sparingly

The key to deadheading hydrangeas is to know where to cut.

How to Deadhead Hydrangea

Cut just below the spent hydrangea flower and above the first set of leaves. Make sure you don’t cut off any flower buds. Cut above the flower buds.

Where to Cut

You can deadhead hydrangeas all summer long when the blooms start to fade. Stop deadheading hydrangeas in late Fall.

When to Deadhead

Your goal is to just tidy up your hydrangeas by removing the dead flowers. That’s it! Don’t be tempted to prune any further.

Word of Advice

No, deadheading is not essential. Even if you don't deadhead, your hydrangea will flower nicely the following year.

Is Deadheading Essential?

Read the Article and watch the video on how to deadhead hydrangea

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