Hydrangea

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Gorgeous 💙

Thanks again Kathryn 😊 @katgreen

What a beauty 💙

#bestofjuly

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These look amazing 🖒

Love this colour all mine have turned out pink

The hydrangeas are starting to flower! 😍

So pretty, the colours are gorgeous 😍

Yayy, gorgeous!

Beautiful 👌🏼💙💛

Beautiful 👌👌👌

Fabulous 💛💜

Lovely close-up, so looking forward to to Hydrangea time!!😍

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Great picture

Still going and looking more and more beautiful!! #autumn-colours #autumncolours #autumn-colour

That looks amazing 😃

#hydrangea #fallfoliage

Really pretty 😊

So many colours in one plant. Lovely 😄

Gorgeous. 😊

Love them , such long performers aren't they David 👍😊

Fabulous plants 😍😍

So pretty with all the different shades.😊

Wow! How many colours?! Just beautiful! 👌🏼

Wonderful plants with such a long season of interest 👍🏻😍

Loving the colours of the hydrangea flowers as they slowly turn from blue to their "swan song" purple! #autumn #autumncolour #hydrangea

Ah fabulous Hydrangeas in their final stage glory ... 💜

Gorgeous! 💜💜

So pretty 🌸💖🌸

Fantastic color

Very pretty 😊

Love! #fadedbeauty #autumn-colours

Lovely 🌸🌸🌸🌿

Just beautiful! 🌸👌🏼

Agreed stunning colour 👌📸👌 one for the wish list thanks 📝

Hi GT'ers 👋🏼 its been a while since I posted! What do they say about a builder's house?! 2 weeks on and the colours are getting stronger! They will all end up a strong blue in a another couple of weeks. My favourite plant this time of year 😍

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@David, they bring a lot of colour to the garden. This one is the most gorgeous colour 👍

💜 love all them colours 😍

Sumptuous - it just makes you smile looking at it @David

💙💙💙 gorgeous David , my favourite 👍😊

Or even the cobblers children😂 💙💙Hydrangea @David

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Beautiful Hydrangea!

Gorgeous 💙💙💙

Stunning 🤗

Beautiful colour ☘

There's so many different colours on this plant today! Love it 😍

Fabulous photo David 👍🏻💜👍🏻

Thank you Rebecca! 🙏🏼 @mrsflowerpot

So do I mine are only in bud still @David

Wow that's stunning!

Beautiful! 😍 I'm finding they are incredibly long-lasting when you cut some to bring indoors....hydrangea beauty inside and outside 👍😊

Lovely my hydrangea are not out yet 🐾

That's a beauty @David I can't wait for mine to be large enough so can bring in some blooms for house @riakat

Amazing shot David

Beautiful photo & gorgeous shrub 😄📸

Thank you @friss 🙏🏼😊

Such beautiful colours 💕

Ooooh it's getting exciting!!! 😊

That's coming on well, Spring has sprung😊 morning @David

Looking good!!!! 👏🏼😃

@David 👌🏻🙃

Wow, some nice lush foliage coming through there. Mine has not awoken yet. Hopefully not long though.

Mine is still fast asleep

Mine aren't as advanced as this

Need to know when you cut the dead flower heads off and how far you cut them down

I still haven't dead headed mine yet, it's on my list of jobs this weekend.

@dflynn Hi Dawn. I have only just done mine. A little late really but never mind! The branches were very long and leggy but I wanted a compact plant so I cut down to just about the first bud on every branch. I would say there were 3 to 4 buds every few inches so I could have chosen to have a much bigger plant. Just make sure you don't cut the branches below the first bud.

Thanx we are in North Yorkshire it still may be a bit cold

I was worried about this hydrangea about 2 months ago when it didn't have a single flower, now its blooming lovely!! #blue #hydrangea

Super blue too 👍

Lovely colour 😍

Love blue flowers and your photo

All good things come to those who wait. How beautiful 👍👍👍.

Thats fab! I have this one hope its like thayt next year 😍

Absolutely beautiful 😍

Stunning

Gorgeous shade!

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Stunning blue @David 😎

Beautiful shade of blue

This refused to flower all summer and now it's full of blooms!! I think @kathy you are right, I cut it back too late last season.

Beautiful colour

We don't cut ours back until we see the first leaf bud forming in spring.

I'm with Derek 👍 on this advice @22pilgrim

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How much do you cut back please. I have acquired several of these this season all in pots at the moment. I would like to put two in the garden. I understand you leave the flowers on until spring. Is this correct please @justin @22pilgrim ?

I now have 3 in pots @fuschia, i would be interested to no to, i had a bit of a problem start with mine, very small when i bought them, went on holiday and they didnt get watered, sorry state. Ive had to cut them right down to nothing and start again, growing well but not flowered this year. 😔

Yes, we leave as is over winter. You can cut them back as much or little as needed. Our two blues in the front are much too big for their positions, so get pruned hard, while the pinks less so. The big white in the back, is different, only half get pruned apart from the heads, the old half get pruned by half. Then visa versa the next year. As you can see, there is no hard or fast rule on the amount of pruning. @krishnahairdo @fuschia

Thank you @22pilgrim hoping next year to have blooms!

I have always pruned my hydrangeas on the 1st of March as I was told by Gardners World years ago

Than you @22pilgrim @kateellery40gmailcom

Very helpful advice on pruning, I have three in my little garden with one now way too big for position but didn't realise a hard prune was ok...now in the diary to line up early spring 👏👍🏼✂️✂️😉

The "one" flower on my Hydrangea this year :-/

David

Start again @David only remove the dead flower heads next year as you may have pruned at the wrong time, some flower on old wood and some on this years growth

Thanks @kathy!

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Mine hasn't started to flower yet the blue one has buds but the pink one doesn't have any !!