Use hand pruners for limbs up to 1 2 inch in diameter and lopping shears for larger limbs.
Baby lace hydrangea pruning.
1 to avoid disrupting the next season s flowers.
Plant in moist but well drained acid or neutral soil in sun or partial shade.
Make cuts at a 30 degree angle at a joint or bud.
Pruning lacecap hydrangeas do not have to be done at any particular time.
Hydrangea paniculata baby lace paniculate hydrangea baby lace will reach a height of 1 2m and a spread of 1 2m after 5 10 years.
Lacecap hydrangeas bloom on the previous year s growth and should not be pruned after aug.
Remove spent flowers to increase blooms from spring to fall.
Lacecap hydrangeas easily identified with their blue or pink flowers are best pruned only in the summertime.
If needed prune for shape after flowering.
Baby lace hydrangea was developed by one of the world s foremost horticulturalists and breeders dr.
Avoid fall pruning as flower buds are set in fall for the following spring.
If needed prune for shape after spring flowering.
At that time you re not pruning off flowers.
Feed regularly during the growing season.
If you need to prune panicle hydrangea flowers on new growth so it s fine to prune in winter before or just as new growth begins.
Pruning group 1 or 6.
Baby lace will not need pruning because it stays smaller.
Prune annually in late winter to promote vigorous new growth pruning time.
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But if your lacecap hydrangea is starting to get too big or too old you might want to consider pruning and removing dead blooms at the same time.