Pruning my Limelight Hydrangea | How to Prune Paniculata Hydrangeas
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- Опубліковано 22 сер 2024
- Hey friends! Today I had a few minutes and decided to tackle the hydrangea trio in my front garden. Join me for a little garden cleanup and I'll teach you how prune limelight hydrangeas (or any panicle/paniculata for that matter).
Happy Gardening!
Kate
Great video, it helped tremendously that your house wall was behind it, much easier to see exactly what you were doing and the result. Best one I’ve watched yet! 👏🏻
Awww… thank you so much! I had a comment that someone wanted me to really slow it down and talk through the pruning. Love that it’s helped you!
Aha, I get it now. This was one of the clearest, easy to understand pruning videos I’ve seen. Thank you 🎉
That is a huge compliment and I'm so glad it was helpful!!! 💕
Hi Kate 🌺 You prune the hydrangeas beautifully . Have a wonderful day 🌺🌻🌺
Oh thank you so much! Hope you have a wonderful day as well 💕
I'm looking forward to learning more about Hydrangeas from you! I just love the soothing way that you present everything, Kate. It feels like we are all kindred spirits who gather here with you! My garden says "Hi!" 💕 Dawn (in Illinois)
Well “hi” right back at you and your garden! And thank you. I’m so happy my videos resonate with you. It’s really a gift to share around the world like this.
This is helpful and timely. I have a new pair of Felco shears ready to go on my Limelight, Little Lime and Limelight Prime Hydrangeas today. They do well here in southern Wisconsin. Another favorite is a reblooming Hydrangea called Double Delight Wedding Gown. I added 3 more last year because the first one was so special. The blooms dry into the most beautiful rosy green and the color looks beautiful still. Thanks for your soothing videos!
I know the exact wedding gown variety you’re talking about! It’s DIVINE. And I’m so excited for your Felco’s. It’s like jewelry for the gardener. 🤣
I was so glad you also do the “ rule of 3” as that’s what other channels advise too! Expert consistency really helps we timid pruners. ☺️. I can’t wait to get at my Little Quickfires as I’ve been leaving way too much on them! Thanks so much!❄️🇨🇦❄️
I started as a timid pruner too… you are not alone! Now I’m ruthless. 🤣
Thank you for the demonstration on how to prune paniculata hydrangeas. Beautiful weather here in SE King county for the next 4 days. Tomorrow I will be pruning my Little Lime's and Bobo hydrangeas.
You are so welcome! You chose a beautiful day to get out in the garden! 💕
This has been so helpful and puts me around ease for my first hydrangea pruning. I think I’ll give it a go instead of being scared of it 😀 thank you
You’ve got this! I’ll put out more videos for big leaf/macrophylla and oakleaf when their pruning time comes. Stay tuned!
So helpful, thank you. I'm going out on this beautiful sunny day to prune my limelights just like you demonstrated.
So fun! What a good excuse to get out into the garden 🪴 ✂️
Another great video
Great timing I need to trim my plants too.
Oh I feel like I got to them right in the nick of time. It’s starting to warm up!
Your Hydrangeas are going to look gorgeous up against the house!
I can’t wait! That’s one of the nice things we noticed last year is that against the dark house the plants look way more vibrant.
Thanks for the informative video!🎉
You are so welcome. I hope you were able to take away a few nuggets of wisdom!
Thank you!!!
Thank YOU for watching and commenting. It helps the algorithm tremendously and makes this a viable venture to keep up with!
I absolutely love Hydrangea’s 🪴🌷🪴
Me too! I’m always looking where I can add more. 😊
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Very informative! Thank you.
Oh this makes me so happy… thanks for watching!
Thank you! I was cutting mine too far back. Can you go over oak leaf hydrangeas?
This is a great idea! I don’t have one in my garden but my mom does… I’ll put this in the hopper for a future video!
I just planted a bunch of PW paniculata in the Fall. Would you still prune them? They seem nicely shaped.
I actually planted the one in the middle in the fall too! It was still a bit crowded for my taste and had a few spindly branches at the bottom so I cleaned it up. Nothing to aggressive... just a little tweaking. But you can totally let it ride and prune back to your strongest collection of branches next year!
I’m in zone 8 a in Texas. My Limelight Hydrangeas have already leafed out. The leaves are about an inch long. Have I missed the window to prune?
Just get after it ASAP. If the leaves are only an inch long, I think you'll still be okay! Just don't take it too far back. But absolutely get rid of the spindly branches and anything crossing.
Wood pruning too early in the spring be risky because one is exposing the ‘open’ wood or stem to last-minute Frost? ❄️🇨🇦
Great question. I know lots of people who prune in the fall with zero issues. Some prefer the look and others do it because of convenience. I think it's best to wait until late winter because I like the structure of the flowers.
Hello, I'm in zone 6B & my Limelights have buds w/break, about 1/2" to 1". Can I still prune? I thought I'd use the fatter old growth for cuttings to grow new ones. But too late?
Hi @stephanie2863, it is not too late to prune, but pruning your hydrangeas once there is growth can produce smaller blooms. I say go for it!
What brand snipper do you use?
I use my Felco's for a TON of my work. I like the 6's. The 2's are great as well. When I'm doing more fine detail work such as cut flowers or deadheading, I have two pairs of Dramm pruners that I love. They fit in my pocket and are great for smaller hands!