Winter Turns Hydrangeas Into Eyesores in the Yard

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Q: Each winter I never know what to do with the bare stalks of our hydrangea bushes. I usually end up cutting them down because they look ugly. Then I hear that if I do this, they will not bloom the next year. Neither of the two we have bloom very much, so I must not be doing what I should. What can I do?

A: It's understandable that people don't like the way most hydrangeas look through the winter and early spring. The mopheads especially look quite dreary with some leaves hanging on, spent blooms turning brown and stems mostly bare. It is not a pretty sight. An exception to this scene is the oak-leaf hydrangea, which I think looks quite nice through the winter.

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Winter Turns Hydrangeas Into Eyesores in the Yard

Now that hydrangeas are entering the ugly season, I want to talk about it...

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