Baby Lace Hydrangea Pruning

Feed regularly during the growing season.

Baby lace hydrangea pruning.

Lacecap hydrangeas bloom on the previous year s growth and should not be pruned after aug. Baby lace will not need pruning because it stays smaller. Plant in moist but well drained acid or neutral soil in sun or partial shade. If needed prune for shape after spring flowering.

Pruning group 1 or 6. Lacecap hydrangeas easily identified with their blue or pink flowers are best pruned only in the summertime. Pruning lacecap hydrangeas do not have to be done at any particular time. Avoid fall pruning as flower buds are set in fall for the following spring.

Midnight duchess princess lace and queen of pearls varieties. 1 to avoid disrupting the next season s flowers. Prune annually in late winter to promote vigorous new growth pruning time. Use hand pruners for limbs up to 1 2 inch in diameter and lopping shears for larger limbs.

But if your lacecap hydrangea is starting to get too big or too old you might want to consider pruning and removing dead blooms at the same time. At that time you re not pruning off flowers. If needed prune for shape after flowering. Make cuts at a 30 degree angle at a joint or bud.

Hydrangea paniculata baby lace paniculate hydrangea baby lace will reach a height of 1 2m and a spread of 1 2m after 5 10 years. Remove spent flowers to increase blooms from spring to fall. Baby lace hydrangea was developed by one of the world s foremost horticulturalists and breeders dr. Dirr in association with the university of georgia research foundation.