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Hydrangea

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  Posted by Jane (U14826668) on Tuesday, 20th March 2012

  Hi there
  
  Does anyone know the best time to prune them back, I have mine in a large pot and it looks like it started to come back to life. Also in the summer I hardly had any flowers on it, is that because I didnt feed it with some kind of acid feed?
  
  Many thanks for any advice.
  
  Jane

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  Posted by thedogcody (U14659366) on Tuesday, 20th March 2012

  Definitely not now or you will lose this years flowers-leave it alone until later on in the year then return for more advice-quite often there is no need to prune

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  Posted by Tee Gee (U10012255) on Tuesday, 20th March 2012

  I basically agree with TDC
  
  Up here in the north I leave my flowers on until the worst of the frosts have passed these offer a bit of protection to the new buds below.
  
  The only pruning that might be required in about a months time, is to remove the dead flower heads, cut out any frost damaged branches to the nearest good bud and thats about it really.
  
  If your shrub/s are getting out of hand wait till after flowering and tidy them up!
  
  

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  Posted by Mamta (U2174216) on Tuesday, 20th March 2012

  I have just removed last years heads and taken off a few branches that were making it look untidy. Other than that, I haven't done any pruning of existing branches, leaf buds are already out. It worked last year and I am hoping it will work again this year.

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