Hydrangeas can add gorgeous bursts of color to your garden, and companion planting is an excellent strategy to ensure they grow healthy and strong -- but only if you do it right. Mistakes can be ...

This easy-to-care-for flowering shrub is beloved for its voluminous blooms. When the summer season peaks, gardeners obsess over a highly-anticipated flowering shrub: hydrangeas. A diverse group of ...

Coffee grounds add nutrients and change the pH of the soil, while bananas add potassium, a vital nutrient. But which will ...

Hydrangeas have a long tradition of use in shady Southern gardens. From late April through July, huge flower heads of light pink, pink, rosy-red, lavender, light blue, dark blue, bluish purple and ...

In late summer or fall, Cercospora fungus causes brown spots on hydrangea leaves. The plant looks unsightly but usually ...

Hydrangeas have been popular with gardeners for generations. Their spherical heads — often painted in earthy azures, unsullied creams, or pink blushes — dancing atop their green foliage are truly a ...

The most common reason for a lack of flowers on hydrangeas is that they were pruned at the wrong time of the year.

* What they are: Lots of compact, new, summer-blooming panicle hydrangeas have hit the market in the past few years. Among the best is Proven Winners’ Fire Light Tidbit variety. Although plants stay a ...