How to Prune Panicle Hydrangeas In Early Summer

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Earlier this year we talked about how to prune Panicle Hydrangeas during the winter months to promote new growth in spring. Did you know you can also prune Panicle Hydrangeas for a second time at the beginning of summer? Watch this video with Noelle, Horticulturist, and Education Director with Petitti Garden Centers, as she shows how to promote fresh, strong growth by pruning a Panicle Hydrangea in early summer. Yes, it will delay the flowering of the plant, but the new buds and growth will be much stronger and healthier. Pruning Hydrangeas in this way prmotes interior strength and branching which in turn helps support the numerous blooms it produces.