However, there are also a few varieties that simply stay white.

Sep 04, You can also prune a hydrangea into a tree shape on your own if you want, but it will take a few years. Regular Pruning Is Required If you want to maintain a hydrangea pruning hydrangea tree in fall, you’ll need to be ready to prune it regularly, otherwise not only do the branches lengthen to the point they start to bend under their own weight, as you have noticed, they can even snap off, especially under the additional.

Nov 12, The macrophyllas are only pruned by removing dead stems. This is a Nikko Blue Hydrangea that was cut down “to clean it up” in the fall. The canes were cut to about three feet tall, and as you can see the shrub has grown back to six feet tall and wide by the following treegrind.barted Reading Time: 4 mins.

Different types of hydrangeas require pruning at different times of the year. For example, for smooth hydrangeas such as Annabelles, you’ll want to wait until they finish blooming before cutting them back. Pruning in late fall or early spring before new growth begins will bring new blooms all summer.

Big Leaf and Oakleaf hydrangeas should be pruned no later than early fall, otherwise you may cut off buds preventing any blooms come summer.

For these types of hydrangeas, it’s best to prune. Aug 18, Oakleaf hydrangea (blooms on old wood): Prune in summer, immediately after flowering. Prune the dead wood anytime, cutting back just above the buds on stems and/or remove the largest canes to the ground.

Oakleaf hydrangea blooms on old growth and should be pruned immediately after it has finished flowering.

Prune sparingly to enjoy the amber peeling bark and lovely fall color. Mar 25, Prune back stems to just above a fat bud - called a heading cut - in fall, late winter or spring.

These plants have conical-shaped flower heads.

I recommend leaving the dry, tan flower heads on the plant to provide some winter interest in your landscape, so I wait to prune these until late winter or spring. Some favorite panicle hydrangeas. Sep 25, Unlike the big leaf hydrangeas this group blooms on new spring growth. Smooth leaf hydrangeas are the easiest to grow.

Pruning is simple. Cut the old stems back to just above the lowest plump bud above the ground every spring. Harsh pruning brings big rewards.