Bigleaf Hydrangea Care. Plant bigleaf hydrangeas in the spring or the fall. Stop feeding by August to let your hydrangea get ready to sleep for the winter.
Shoots severely pruned in the fall will take 3 or 4 years to recover and begin blooming. Flowers of bigleaf hydrangeas bloom on buds formed on the previous years growth. Care Grow in moist but well-drained soil in sun to partial shade.
Plant bigleaf hydrangeas in the spring or the fall.
Because of their shape bigleaf hydrangeas cannot be pollinated. The different varieties do need slightly different conditions so check the. When Endless Summer bigleaf hydrangea Hydrangea macrophylla Bailmer burst onto the scene in the early 2000s it was the first hydrangea of its kind to bloom on both old wood and new stems from the current year. Hydrangeas that flower on old wood produce blooms on stems that grew last year which also grew flower buds in the previous year.