A garden boasts a variety of different hydrangeas and other flowering plants. - Darrell Gulin/Getty Images What's not to love about hydrangeas? Their large, cheerful flowers can instantly add color ...

* What they are: Panicle hydrangeas are summer-blooming hydrangeas with cone-shaped flower heads and better sun- and heat-tolerance than the more common bigleaf or "mophead" hydrangeas. Dwarf panicle ...

* What they are: Lots of compact, new, summer-blooming panicle hydrangeas have hit the market in the past few years. Among the best is Proven Winners’ Fire Light Tidbit variety. Although plants stay a ...

Hydrangeas are one of the most popular perennial garden shrubs with a variety of foliage and flower shapes. Hydrangeas can be grown in containers; however, for longevity, planting in the ground is ...

Picture this: It's next summer and you're proudly taking a friend for a stroll around your landscape. "Here's Vienna," you say, "and there's Berlin. That's Venice over there. Oh, and here's Paris." ...

Summer is the season for hydrangeas. Their magnificent blooms are focal points in the summer landscape. Hydrangeas have recently captured the attention of plant hybridizers. They have been hard at ...

Autumn colors are peeking through the summer green and hydrangeas may be the most spectacular flowering shrub in the landscape. In my garden, I have created a hydrangea “room” hidden behind a hedge ...

I love old gardening sayings that have passed the test of time. One of my favorites is “prune until it hurts, and then prune some more.” The truism is meant to allay our fear of pruning, as though ...