hydrangeas - Fine Gardening
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Design
GPOD on the Road: Cherry in Nancy Heckler’s Garden, Part 1
Happy Friday GPODers! Today we're starting another incredible garden tour series courtesy of Cherry Ong. While she frequents incredible public gardens across North America, she also connects with other avid…
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Design
Peak Season in Heidi’s Connecticut Garden
Hey GPODers! Today we're back in the flower-filled garden of Heidi Weirether. We first saw her garden a little earlier on in the summer (you check check out that post…
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Design
Long Island Summer Garden: Blooms and Foliage
Hey GPODers! Today we're getting a summertime update from Lee Miller's garden in Long Island (check out her first submission: Long Island Garden Tour). She sent over lots of photos…
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How-To
Common Hydrangea Pests and Diseases: Identification, Prevention, and Treatment
As one of the most popular flowering shrubs for the modern landscape, it is no surprise that we are now seeing more evidence of various diseases and insect damage on…
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Design
Hydrangea Season in Carla’s Garden
Happy Monday GPODers! Today we're in the garden of a frequent Garden Photo of the Day contributor, Carla Zambelli Mudry from Malvern, Pennsylvania (here are just a handful of Carla's…
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Design
GPOD Vignettes: A Succulent Front Yard, New Blooms from a Zesty Plant, and a Compost Cake
Happy Friday GPODers! We're doing something a little different today, I'm starting a new series I'm calling "GPOD Vignettes". We often get submissions that are a little too short for…
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Design
Tips for Pruning Climbing Hydrangea
Few plants can add the romance and cozy-cottage feeling to a garden like climbing hydrangea (Hydrangea anomala subsp. petiolaris, Zones 4–9) can. Whether it's covering a semi-shady east-facing wall (an…
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How-To
Pruning Conundrums | Letter from the Editor
Well, it turns out that I’ve been pruning my hydrangeas wrong this whole time. Not my bigleafs (Hydrangea macrophylla)—I have only a couple of those left in my beds, since…
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How-To
A Better Way to Prune Smooth Hydrangeas
All of the hydrangeas in the native hydrangea plant trial done at Mt. Cuba Center bloom on new wood, which means that the flower buds develop when the shrub starts…
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Design
Which Smooth Hydrangeas Are Best for Pollinators? Mophead or Lacecap?
Wild hydrangea inflorescences, technically called corymbs, are typically flat to dome-shaped clusters containing hundreds of individual flowers, some fertile, some sterile. The mix of sterile and fertile flowers determines the…