Learn the key differences between old wood and new wood hydrangeas, including their characteristics, pruning needs, and ...

Cutting back hydrangeas at the wrong time can affect the next season's blooms. Once new buds form, pruning can result in a ...

Often known as the butterfly bush, buddleia should be cut back firmly before spring gets going. It flowers on new wood, meaning the blooms you see in the summer grow on shoots produced that year. If ...

Pruning hydrangeas isn't just about giving your shrubs a neat shape; it's all about timing. Cut at the wrong moment, and you could be removing next season's flowers before they even get a chance to ...

While most hydrangeas don't need a lot of pruning, there are some reasons being too neglectful can cause your plant to miss its bloom season. Hydrangea's enormous flowers are the plant's main ...

Five key plants need cutting back before February ends, or your garden could suffer fewer blooms and smaller harvests this ...

Since it produces flowers on new wood—meaning summer blooms emerge from shoots developed that same year—achieving "big, dramatic flower spikes" requires hard pruning "now". Aldi recommends cutting ...

Aldi suggests trimming last year's growth back to roughly 30-60cm from ground level, adjusting based on the plant's size and vigour. He said: "It can look brutal. But buddleia responds very well to a ...