Baby Lace Hydrangea Pruning
To avoid pruning make sure you provide enought space to grow its potential 4 tall by 4 wide.
Baby lace hydrangea pruning. At that time you re not pruning off flowers. Feed regularly during the growing season. But if your lacecap hydrangea is starting to get too big or too old you might want to consider pruning and removing dead blooms at the same time. Avoid fall pruning as flower buds are set in fall for the following spring.
Plant in moist but well drained acid or neutral soil in sun or partial shade. If needed prune for shape after flowering. Lacecap hydrangeas easily identified with their blue or pink flowers are best pruned only in the summertime. Blooms on new wood so can be pruned in autumn or very early in spring.
Dirr in association with the university of georgia research foundation. Remove spent flowers to increase blooms from spring to fall. If you need to prune panicle hydrangea flowers on new growth so it s fine to prune in winter before or just as new growth begins. 1 to avoid disrupting the next season s flowers.
Make cuts at a 30 degree angle at a joint or bud. Lacecap hydrangeas bloom on the previous year s growth and should not be pruned after aug. Prune annually in late winter to promote vigorous new growth pruning time. Baby lace will not need pruning because it stays smaller.
Pruning lacecap hydrangeas do not have to be done at any particular time. Baby lace hydrangea was developed by one of the world s foremost horticulturalists and breeders dr. Midnight duchess princess lace and queen of pearls varieties. If needed prune for shape after spring flowering.