The end of August is the time to pick up fallen fruit, harvest ripe vegetables, dead head flowers and keep your eyes open for any weeds that have evaded your summer weeding sessions and are now going ...

* What it is: A new variety of our native smooth hydrangea that's distinctive for its pink flowers. Smooth hydrangeas normally bloom white. Flowers are big and round (bigger than softballs) and peak ...

Hydrangeas (Hydrangea macrophylla) probably aren't the first blooms you think of when you want to plant flowers that will transform your space into a hummingbird heaven. Their iconic mophead blooms ...

Puzzled about what to get Mom for Mother’s Day on May 9? You can never go wrong with a happy-looking hydrangea. She can plant it in her garden or place it in a pot on the front porch and then dry the ...

Big-leaf hydrangeas may have the spotlight with their giant puffs of flowers blooming in pink, blue, purple or white. Wild hydrangeas, plants native to the U.S., shouldn’t be overlooked. These native ...

Try to have a discussion about hydrangea among your gardening friends, and you’re likely to start a rather lively debate. What type to grow, when to prune, why doesn’t it flower and how can I change ...

New rudbeckias, many shrubs and, above all, hydrangeas have poured out of this region. Overlooked in Britain, hydrangeas are Atlanta's best-loved flower. Drive through the wealthy surburbs of this ...

Are you preparing your mature hydrangeas for winter? Continue watering, but water less than you did in spring and summer. Water enough to keep the shrub alive, but do not fertilize. Fall preparation ...