How do i guarantee my hydrangea flowers year on year but remains bushy?

Ideally i would trim it back after bloom but then i assume i would have no flowers for next year?

How do i guarantee my hydrangea flowers year on year but remains bushy?
You can cut back a hydrangea after blooming with no ill effect to next year's bloom. Mine are cut back every year.



Do bear in mind there are no GUARANTEES when it comes to plants, however..
Reply:Leave all the old blooms on till all frost is over next spring and then cut off. This protects the new shoots coming on underneath
Reply:I trim mine back by half every year and they always flower again and again. Use the none flowering tips as new plants and pot them up then you'll have many more great flowers next year. Good luck and happy gardening
Reply:With gardening there are no guarantees, a lot is dependant on outside influences like the weather, correct feeding etc. However, I have found that the more you prune hydrangeas the better they are the following year, it is the one plant I have never managed to kill off, and I prune mine right back each year.
Reply:The optimum time to cut back a hydrangea is in March. The dead blooms should be left on thru' the winter, and then the plant cut back to within about 2 inches of the soil. Feed the plant with a high potash fertiliser and never let it dry out. It is not easy to overwater a hydrangea!
Reply:Hydrangeas die back for the winter and come back every spring a bit bigger. You don't really have to do anything except cut off the spent flowers.
Reply:I think there are a lot of varieties of hydrangeas, but some only bloom on old wood.