Hydrangea Flower Removal. Make sure to follow the instructions for pruning hydrangeas according to type. After I recut and dipped the stems I removed several leaves to direct as much water to the flowers as possible.
Often the earlier you get it done after bloom the quicker the shrub can recover producing more and larger bloomsnext season. Invincibelle Spirit 30 The Home Depot is a newer variety that blooms pink instead of the typical white. Remove the lower leaves of the bottom two leaf nodes.
06022017 For starters the bloom of the hydrangea is not a true flower but an inflorescence.
Other hydrangeas flower on new growth. You can cut as much as a 13 of the stems with the dead flowers. Blue mophead and lacecap hydrangea flowers last longest when they are shielded from sun from about 10 AM to 3 PM. Hydrangeas do well in the partial shade provided by tall deciduous trees especially if they receive morning sun and the partial shade is in the heat of the afternoon.