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Pruning PG Hydrangea
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Posted by garystpaul z4 MN (My Page) on Sun, Nov 15, 09 at 7:56
Hi, folks. This is about a PG hydrangea, "Pink Diamond," that I'm growing as a standard. It bloomed beautifully in its first year, now I'm wondering how severely I should prune it next spring? Any of you have experience with this?
Thanks. GaryStPaul |
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RE: Pruning PG Hydrangea
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| They bloom on new wood so no worries if you want to prune it back hard. I guess the question is what do you want to accomplish with the pruning? Size control, shaping, thinning out etc? Is it already a standard or you need to train it? Supposedly cutting it back hard will produce fewer, but larger blooms, though I have seen this done and sometimes the branches cannot support the flowers very well. All I do in the spring is cut the dried flowers off and maybe remove a few crossing branches as I have no need for size control at this point. |
RE: Pruning PG Hydrangea
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| Hello GaryStPaul, I have three new Pink Diamond standards in a little formal garden that I started this year. I chose them because I love the three Pink Diamond shrubs that I have had for a few years. The shrubs grow quickly and the form can get out of control, but I wait till spring to prune for shape and to remove dead branches, as ginkgonut said, it flowers on new wood, so the timing is okay. The one thing I do though, is remove the blooms, I hate picking them out of my roses in the spring, and that is where they always end up. Helen. |
RE: Pruning PG Hydrangea
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| Thanks, folks, for the good advice. I'm pruning mostly for size and shape; would like to keep it in bounds. Gary |
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