{"id":1687180,"date":"2021-08-24T10:18:19","date_gmt":"2021-08-24T15:18:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tasteofhome.com\/?p=1687180"},"modified":"2024-01-23T16:38:29","modified_gmt":"2024-01-23T22:38:29","slug":"how-to-deadhead-hydrangeas-according-to-an-expert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tasteofhome.com\/article\/how-to-deadhead-hydrangeas-according-to-an-expert\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Deadhead Hydrangeas, According to an Expert"},"content":{"rendered":"There are plenty of good reasons to deadhead <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tasteofhome.com\/article\/how-to-dry-hydrangeas\/\">hydrangeas<\/a>. Removing spent flowers not only tidies shrubs, it helps plants put growing energy into leaves and roots. Here's how to deadhead hydrangeas, and how to protect next year's growth.\r\n\r\nYou can put deadheading hydrangeas on your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tasteofhome.com\/article\/the-ultimate-room-by-room-fall-cleaning-checklist\/\">fall cleaning checklist<\/a>.\r\n<h2 class=\"\">What Deadheading Does for Hydrangeas<\/h2>\r\nUnlike other flowers, deadheading hydrangeas will not make them bloom again. Regular hydrangeas bloom once per season, while reblooming varieties produce a second set of flowers later in the season on new stems. For hydrangeas, deadheading is about making the shrubs look neater, and focusing plant growth on roots and leaves instead of seeds.\r\n\r\nWondering why are your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tasteofhome.com\/article\/hydrangeas-not-blooming\/\">hydrangeas are not blooming<\/a>? Here are a few ways to help your hydrangeas look their best this growing season. 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Clean and sterilize pruners between uses to prevent spreading diseases between plants.\r\n\r\n[embed_shop_button shop_btn_text=\"Shop Now\" shop_btn_url=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Fiskars-91095935J-Bypass-Pruning-Shears\/dp\/B00002N66H\" shop_btn_tab=\"true\" product_name=\"Fiskars 91095935J Steel Pruning Shears Bypass Pruner, 1\" product_price=\"12.6\" product_category=\"Lawn &amp; Patio\" product_retailer=\"Amazon.com\" content_rating=\"\" \/]\r\n<h2 class=\"\">How to Deadhead Hydrangeas: Bigleaf and Oakleaf<\/h2>\r\n<img class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1687244\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tasteofhome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/bigleaf-and-oakleaf-hydrangeas-side-by-side.jpg?fit=700,467\" alt=\"Bigleaf And Oakleaf Hydrangeas Side By Side\" width=\"700\" height=\"467\" \/>\r\n\r\nThese are your purple, pink and blue <em>macrophylla<\/em> hydrangeas (also called mophead and lacecap), as well as hydrangeas with oak-shaped leaves. Some varieties bloom once per season on last year's stems (old wood), while reblooming types flower a second time on new wood.\r\n\r\nThe best time to deadhead is when the first set of blooms on your hydrangeas begin to turn brown and dry. Cut the stem below the flower head and just above the first set of leaves. For reblooming types, you can deadhead again when this second set begins to fade, but only through mid-August or so. After this your hydrangeas will create buds for next year's flowers, and you don't want to accidentally cut these off. Dried flower heads left after summer's end can stay on the shrubs for visual interest during winter months.\r\n<p class=\"\">Here's how to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tasteofhome.com\/article\/how-to-change-hydrangea-color\/\">change the color of your hydrangeas<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n[dam-video dam-id=\"44919\"]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<h2 class=\"\">How to Deadhead Hydrangeas: Panicle and Smooth<\/h2>\r\n<img class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1687245\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tasteofhome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/panicle-and-smooth-hydrangeas-side-by-side.jpg?fit=700,467\" alt=\"Panicle And Smooth Hydrangeas Side By Side\" width=\"700\" height=\"467\" \/>\r\n\r\nHydrangeas with cone-shaped, white flowers (some fade to red or green) as well as those with showy flower heads like Incrediball bloom later in the season on new stems grown that same year. 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