Baby Lace Hydrangea Pruning

Baby lace will not need pruning because it stays smaller.

Baby lace hydrangea pruning.

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. 1 to avoid disrupting the next season s flowers. Remove spent flowers to increase blooms from spring to fall. Pruning group 1 or 6.

Baby lace hydrangea was developed by one of the world s foremost horticulturalists and breeders dr. If needed prune for shape after flowering. Feed regularly during the growing season. Hydrangea paniculata baby lace paniculate hydrangea baby lace will reach a height of 1 2m and a spread of 1 2m after 5 10 years.

To avoid pruning make sure you provide enought space to grow its potential 4 tall by 4 wide. Plant in moist but well drained acid or neutral soil in sun or partial shade. Avoid fall pruning as flower buds are set in fall for the following spring. Midnight duchess princess lace and queen of pearls varieties.

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. Make cuts at a 30 degree angle at a joint or bud. 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.

Lacecap hydrangeas bloom on the previous year s growth and should not be pruned after aug. Dirr in association with the university of georgia research foundation. At that time you re not pruning off flowers. Pruning lacecap hydrangeas do not have to be done at any particular time.