The Ultimate Guide to Hydrangea Care: Tips for Beautiful Blooms Year After Year

The “Ultimate Guide to Hydrangea Care” provides detailed tips on how to grow and maintain healthy, beautiful hydrangeas. It covers key aspects like selecting the right location with partial shade, ensuring proper watering to keep the soil consistently moist, and choosing well-draining, rich soil for optimal growth. The guide also outlines pruning techniques, explains how to adjust bloom color through soil pH, and highlights the importance of fertilizing and mulching. Additionally, it addresses common pests and diseases, offering solutions to keep hydrangeas thriving year-round.

Hydrangea Arborescens – The “Smooth Leaf” Hydrangea

About the Species The beauty. The grace. The history. Hydrangea arborescens is native to North America. Also called “smooth hydrangea” because of their leaves, arborescens are many gardeners’ favorite. Annabelle hydrangea, an old variety type of hydrangea arborescens that you will still find sold today, dots the landscapes of homes along the eastern United States, particularly New