How To Prune Panicle Hydrangeas ⭐️ How We Approach Newly Planted and Established Shrubs

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It is time to prune panicle hydrangeas here in zone 5b/6a. In this video we take you through the process of pruning our newly planted young shrubs as well as how we approach established plants.
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[@beverlystyles7533]

That was the best demonstration of pruning hydrangeas I’ve ever seen. Thanks so much

[@growformegardening]

I am so glad to hear it! We wanted to break it down as much as possible

[@sarahchristine546]

LMAO when the music for the limelight hedge pruning started playing.

[@growformegardening]

hahaha I got a kick out of it

[@redrose00054]

Thank you for also showcasing pruning Newly planted hydrangeas, it puts me at ease that it is OK if being that small to prune to desired shape early on

[@growformegardening]

Putting in the hard work when they are, young, makes it so much easier when they grow up

[@SoapandSecrets]

@@growformegardening Hydrangeas and kids alike lol!

[@growformegardening]

@@SoapandSecrets haha

[@kathyv3909]

You both are just too cute. Christopher's little wind-up and then tapping pruners before addressing the Limelight hedge to that "music". How entertaining, I forgot I was learning.

[@growformegardening]

That sounds great to me!

[@mjecheverria4197]

The hydrangeas will be magnificent due to your beautiful pruning skills,cant wait to see them in summer❤

[@growformegardening]

Thanks!

[@melaniem5971]

Great explanation! I’ve watched tons of pruning videos- yours was the best one at explaining “the end plan”. Thank you!

[@growformegardening]

Glad it was helpful!

[@peggy-ann1961]

I feel much more confident now, thanks so much guys!🇨🇦❄️🇨🇦

[@growformegardening]

That’s great!

[@ChrisCalmtheCrazy]

I am having extreme anxiety over the "aggressive" pruning! I pruned one once and didn't have flowers for two years or maybe three. So, I am not so sure of pruning Hydrangeas. "You can't really mess it up" just makes me feel better 😁 😂

[@growformegardening]

You’ve got this

[@agnieszkax102]

You guys are an inspiration. I bought more hydrangeas than I planned because I watched your videos. it's awesome! Can't wait when they grow!

[@growformegardening]

That is awesome!

[@janegardening]

Agree, this is the best demonstration I've seen for pruning Hydrangeas! Thank you 👍😊

[@growformegardening]

Thank you!!!!

[@MD062010]

this was the exact video I needed! i planted my first panicle hydrangeas, last year. I have one planted in a planter and another in a garden bed. You did a wonderful job explaining this. I'm in zone 6b, Rochester, NY- happy to hear you're in upstate NY! looking forward to seeing more of your garden-- it has been a huge inspiration!

[@growformegardening]

Wonderful! thank you!

[@robynmoxham4255]

I love your videos! Hydrangeas are my absolute favorite, and I have many that bloom on new wood and old wood. This was so informative! You are inspiring me to get different types of hydrangeas. Looking forward to more videos. Your gardens are gorgeous. ❤ I LOVE the counting 1-2-3-prune! Perfect and easy!

[@growformegardening]

Thank you! I'm glad that the technique makes sense....especially after the brutal looking cuts on the younger plants

[@donovd3624]

This video was so helpful. The part about 1 year old hydrangeas pruning was very helpful. This is the first year I’ve ever grown hydrangeas and it’s pretty intimidating. Your explanation was so helpful! Thanks 🤞

[@growformegardening]

That’s great! It is worth the painful young cuts to get gorgeous structure in the future

[@Sanc-ls2cl]

The secret to your hydrangeas and the deer issue is that they have so many in your yard to choose from for their nibbles. I watch a vlog in France and they hard prune their well established hydrangeas and they come back every year. You are doing a great job!

[@growformegardening]

Thanks!

[@kellysnyder5482]

Loved this video as always. Can’t wait for the Annabelle video!

[@growformegardening]

Coming soon!

[@barbaramccann7944]

Those panicles are hardy and tough; I HAD to move a Pinky Winky late last July, wrong time, too hot, etc….. I kept it shaded with an umbrella, gave it plenty of water and hoped for the best! It’s still a little early for me to prune my hydrangeas in northwest Michigan, zone 5/6,: but I’ve snipped a few stems from that shrub and they are pliable and green! Looking forward to its performance this summer, in a much better location! Thanks for all your pruning tips!

[@growformegardening]

That is dedication!! I'm sure you will be rewarded

[@eljardindelamorenita5863]

You guys are AWESOME ❤

[@growformegardening]

aww thanks!

[@ruthd2261]

The hydrangea bed race… fun to watch! 😁

[@growformegardening]

Yeah he beat me. Haha

[@LindasFlowersandVegetablesGard]

g Good job! you will have beautiful flowers late. Dot't work so hard in one day, I did pruned my 46 panicle hydrangeas yesterday and I have to take Tylenol for back pain.

[@growformegardening]

Oh I’m with you!!!!!

[@chellrockk5646]

THANK YOU for these tips!❤️

[@growformegardening]

You're so welcome!

[@seriejohnson698]

I can’t wait to see these pruned hydrangeas come Summer time…so anxious for mid Spring.

[@growformegardening]

They will be amazing

[@khayescobar1819]

Thank you for sharing your beautiful garden and the tips how to prune. Love from Washington State 👍😊🙏❤️

[@growformegardening]

Glad you enjoyed!

[@jcking6785]

Great tips! I have a 2 year old Bobo and have vacillated about whether to prune it or just takeoff the spent blooms. Your tips have convinced me that I need to prune it a little. Thanks!

[@growformegardening]

It seems so harsh but it really helps them

[@juanramos.jr.7948]

It's amazing to watch gardening in different climate zones. We , here in zone 9, South Texas, are so different . Everything is pretty much leafed out and blooming. I feel for your back. Again , l admire your tenacity 😊😊😊😅❤❤❤❤

[@growformegardening]

Oh I'm feeling it today. This was our first big project of the season.

[@kaymccurry3431]

I was hoping you would do a hydrangea pruning video with all your gorgeous hydrangeas. ❤ Best hydrangea pruning video I’ve found and I really needed to know how to do this. You two are the best! I look forward to every video you post!

[@growformegardening]

So nice of you... more to come!

[@brendahayes3365]

Very helpful! I was especially glad to see how to pruned the standard to raise the canopy, just got one last year and don’t like how short the trunk is so now I know there is a solution down the road 👍 Great video guys! Brenda🇨🇦ZN4

[@growformegardening]

I think Eric has raised the canopy twice now.

[@brendahayes3365]

Great! Didn’t realize you could prune the bottom stems!!👍

[@anneanderson3952]

Thank you for an informative video on pruning. It was very helpful. If we could get the rain to stop here in NH, I would get outside and begin pruning!

[@growformegardening]

We got in just before the rain here!

[@kaystinebrink1220]

My sister loves her wireless deer fence. She has about 10 deer walking through her yard each day.

[@growformegardening]

That's great to hear!

[@allthingstravel443]

So informative! I just love your videos! You make Tuesdays so fun! 💕

[@growformegardening]

I'm so glad! We are back to two videos a week so check out our next one on Friday!

[@lauramahoney9638]

Did I hear you say you fertilizer the hydrangeas with Rose Tone? I never thought to do that!

[@growformegardening]

Either that or HollyTone. Both work great

[@chellrockk5646]

Yay, this video is perfect!!! Esp bc i have new little lime punches i planted last summer. I know i commented on another video that i was terrified to prune them this year, but you gave me confidence!☺️ not gonna lie tho, the first cut broke my heart a little🤣🤣🤣

[@growformegardening]

Wonderful!

[@chellrockk5646]

Okay its me again with these little limes🤣 i don’t want to lose the height i already have. In your opinion, would it be okay if i pruned it in the fall 2024 or even spring next year? The existing stems look strong already and I’m wanting them to really fill in the space once bloomed.

[@growformegardening]

@@chellrockk5646 It certainly won't hurt anything. See what happens!

[@chellrockk5646]

@@growformegardening thanks guys!😆

[@GardeningSpirit]

The music... ha, ha... you guys are the best!

[@growformegardening]

The stakes were high! haha

[@seriejohnson698]

That Quick Fire looks😮 lol

[@growformegardening]

It needed it.

[@jacquiharney8038]

Thank you for sharing your knowledge. It will help me to prune my Panicle Hydrangeas which are going into their third year.

[@growformegardening]

By year three it starts to get easier!

[@capecodcottagegarden]

So many gorgeous hydrangeas! Here on Cape Cod they are a staple, we even have a yearly hydrangea festival in July where we open many private gardens for tours. A Cape Cod favorite! Great job guys!

[@growformegardening]

Well you better be ready because we are coming to the festival this year! I’m so excited!

[@capecodcottagegarden]

Love it!!! If you come you should come by my garden and have a tour. I started from a blank slate 2 years ago. I do 95% myself so its been a great learning experience. One of the stops this year is at my neighbors house. Its so fun!@@growformegardening

[@growformegardening]

I can't wait to see all the hydrangeas!!! Hopefully there is no polar vortex this year! Starting from scratch is how we've done it too so I can appreciate the hard work

[@capecodcottagegarden]

Yes, last year the polar vortex took the shine out of the festival but so far this year we are looking great!@@growformegardening

[@christineschueneman4147]

Love your videos in my garden zone. How do you keep the deer away from Hydrangeas

[@growformegardening]

It's a struggle. We are trying wireless deer fence next

[@TheJamieleegood]

Love the stallion hat

[@growformegardening]

Thanks!

[@lindathompson8100]

Thanks for sharing all the great pruning on the hedge of limelights, i will be on the lookout for mite damage from now on. I didn't know that they also attack hydrangeas.

[@growformegardening]

Hopefully it was an isolated incident!

[@SHARONRENEA15]

Y'all always do such a great job explaining what you're doing and why. 👏 Thanks!❤

[@growformegardening]

I'm glad it was helpful!

[@kp-gbuniqueinterest]

I just prune mine but I think I need to go back and check some of them. Thank you guys for the rules. Keep up the good work.

[@growformegardening]

Thanks!

[@karenfuller450]

Ouch, i felt each cut. I'm going to try this method this weekend. I tryst you two. I'll let you know in the fall if you owe me some new hydrangeas 😮

[@growformegardening]

The one two three method has never failed us!

[@michellefrance1165]

Thank so much for this video!!! I will be doing mine this week. I loved the race 😊

[@growformegardening]

I'm still mad that I lost

[@MelindaBrooks-vj3fr]

Great job, guys!

[@growformegardening]

Thanks so much!

[@chechh1020]

Great video! I cringed at the hard prune but I’m sure they will turn out strong and stunning! I bought a trio of limelight prime last year and they are absolutely tiny. Should I wait a few years to let them put on some growth before pruning? They are probably barely 2 feet.

[@growformegardening]

It wouldn't hurt unless they really have a great shape that you want to encourage

[@beckyk2581]

This was so helpful! Thank you!

[@growformegardening]

I'm so glad!

[@margeh6285]

Love the video!!😊

[@growformegardening]

Thank you!!

[@casandradickinson8518]

Good morning, fantastic pruning job! The hydrangeas will be magnificent, eye candy coming on. We will be pruning our limelights standards on Sunday, having a lot of rain in Virginia. Isn't it a great feeling when the pruning mission is accomplished?

[@growformegardening]

It's a great feeling....but it was our first big project of the season and we are both sore!!

[@casandradickinson8518]

@@growformegardening I bet😅feeling my oats too after my Sunday, lots of pruning and cleaning up at least 100 hellebores🤣yesterday was scared how sore I was, yikes! ,

[@brooke1615]

I like to prune a bit harder than the third rule but I hard pruned my limelight standards. I’d seen another KZbinr do it and thought I’d just go for it and now I’m petrified. Also do you find all the pruning gives you an arm ache. Big pruning days are always a sore arm night for me. Or maybe it’s because I’m 41 and a woman 😁

[@growformegardening]

I'll tell you what we did learn... dull pruners make the work much harder. My old Felco 6's need to be sharpened and it was not nearly as easy as using the new ones

[@happybloomer]

This is a great video. If you have small branches growing off the main stem down lower on younger hydrangeas, do you remove them so the blooms are more at the top?

[@growformegardening]

If they are small then yes, but not to stop blooms. Spindly growth won’t support the big blooms

[@deannachurch1103]

❤ hydrangeas!

[@growformegardening]

Same!

[@mytigereyez]

I have about 8 hydrangeas and it's so confusing for me to know how to prune them, with the different varieties. I usually wait until I see green to know for sure, "oh now I know where to cut". LOL I wish I would have known to just buy the ones that always bloom on new wood, genius!

[@growformegardening]

Well if they are blue/pink don't touch them!

[@mytigereyez]

@@growformegardening I have white and pink ones, no blue! Still don't touch the white ones? Last year I trimmed one everywhere and didn’t get flowers, learned my lesson! This year I only cut the spent blooms from last year.

[@mytigereyez]

I can't wait to see your yard again, it's more and more stuuuuuuuuuuuuuunning every year!

[@growformegardening]

Ooh Hmmph. Well this year pay close attention to their flower shapes

[@Cmash5195]

Thanks for this very informative video! I have several new Bobo panicle hydrangeas that were planted last year. The blooms covered the entire plant. They currently have more spindly branches than pencil sized. Do you still remove all the thinner branches even if this will leave 3-5 branches?

[@growformegardening]

I would use your best judgement...if it wasn't really floppy and the stems were strong enough I could work with them

[@autumnfairy8543]

Question for you! I have a ton of Sprinter boxwoods in front of my house which unfortunately got attacked by spider mites. I think they're a goner because a couple of them have been dying back. My question is, if I were to get rid of them, can I plant other boxwoods, maybe Winter Gems, in the same spots? Or is that a bad idea? These sprinters were a large investment 5 years ago so it's a shame they're done for. But I don't want to invest in more boxwoods if there's a chance they're going to be affected by mites too!

[@growformegardening]

oooh that's a really hard question. Personally I think I would look at other options. If mites are happening in your area that badly history is bound to repeat itself.

[@seriejohnson698]

Have you ever used fertilizer sticks on Hydrangeas?

[@growformegardening]

nope.

[@joshb8403]

Ok which one of you wants to try and learn basket weaving to recycle these panicle branches!? 😂 ♻️

[@growformegardening]

There will be no weaving for me. After all that work my hands are shot! haha

[@betsyriley8846]

Please share your wireless deer fence product.

[@growformegardening]

wirelessdeerfence.com

[@Jordan-dg8tp]

I have a panicle hydrangea that was at our home when we moved in a couple years ago - I'm pretty sure it's a limelight. At the moment it has about 4-5 very thick canes (think around 2+ inches thick) and it's about 4-5 feet tall. I want to hard prune to closer to 3ft, but if I do, the really old growth doesn't seem to have any nodes to cut to. Do I still just go for it?

[@growformegardening]

ooh. I feel like I would test it. Maybe prune one of the major branches this season and see how it reacts?

[@user-vj3kj1yp6g]

I have an older large blue flowering hydrangea bush, it's not a panicle or lacecap type . We get deer here in Southeastern Connecticut, so I spray it with a hot pepper and water mixture. I cut it back a little last Fall after it bloomed. Did I cut it back at the wrong time?. Do you have any pruning advise for the blue blooming hydrangeas?

[@growformegardening]

Honestly when it comes to the blue hydrangeas we have always been told to never prune them. The good thing is that even if you miss out on blooms this year it will set new ones for the following year.

[@user-vj3kj1yp6g]

thank you for the advise, very helpful.

[@cactuszen258]

When do you usually deadhead the hydrangeas?

[@growformegardening]

We deadhead in the fall so they don't get weighed down by snow.

[@Travm2189]

When do you recommend starting to prune for zone 5A? If I prune now but we get a late snow will it open for risk of killing the plant if I’m exposing the stems?

[@growformegardening]

We might be a little ahead of schedule.... you would be fine toward the end of the month. I have a feeling we are going to be staying in this weird mild winter place for awhile.

[@Travm2189]

Ok! Thank you! I have lots of “new” 2 gal panicle hydrangeas I’m going to follow your tips 😊😊

[@growformegardening]

@@Travm2189that's great. It's so much easier to work on them when they are young

[@deannachurch1103]

What are the evergreens in the back flowerbed before the berm?

[@growformegardening]

Those are Green Giant Arborvitaes!

[@mistyaeg]

What is the mite spray you are using?

[@growformegardening]

Bioadvanced makes it. It's an insect and disease in one

[@seriejohnson698]

I am nervous watching you cut it so short😮

[@growformegardening]

It will be ok!