[sunshineband]

I'm not sure that's quite what he means Sunny.................................

Are you sure?

[mumofstig]

I thought (I know it was painful!) that he meant prove it about the hydrangeas, Sunny, but perhaps you were right

[sunshineband]

A compliment, a compliment 

See that, a compliment for us 

[DavidT]

I thought (I know it was painful!) that he meant prove it about the hydrangeas, Sunny, but perhaps you were right

Nope, I meant prove it about the Hydrangeas.

[sunshineband]

[mumofstig]

Please don't cry Sunny......he's really not worth it  

Rhs pruning advice:-

How to prune hydrangeas  
Dead-heading
Dead blooms on mophead hydrangeas can, in mild areas, be removed just after flowering, but it is best to leave them on the plant over winter to provide some frost protection for the tender growth buds below. Remove the dead flowerheads in early spring, cutting back to the first strong, healthy pair of buds lower down the stem.
Lacecaps are hardier, and the faded flowerheads can be cut back after flowering to the second pair of leaves below the head in order to prevent seed developing, which saps energy from the plant.

If the RHS says it is so then it MUST be true  

[DavidT]

Stop crying , it WAS a compliment.

[DavidT]

Please don't cry Sunny......he's really not worth it  

Rhs pruning advice:-

How to prune hydrangeas  
Dead-heading
Dead blooms on mophead hydrangeas can, in mild areas, be removed just after flowering, but it is best to leave them on the plant over winter to provide some frost protection for the tender growth buds below. Remove the dead flowerheads in early spring, cutting back to the first strong, healthy pair of buds lower down the stem.
Lacecaps are hardier, and the faded flowerheads can be cut back after flowering to the second pair of leaves below the head in order to prevent seed developing, which saps energy from the plant.

If the RHS says it is so then it MUST be true  

Don`t believe everything you read. Some of us have ben there, done that,

[sunshineband]

Stop crying , it WAS a compliment.

[sunshineband]

Please don't cry Sunny......he's really not worth it  

Rhs pruning advice:-

How to prune hydrangeas  
Dead-heading
Dead blooms on mophead hydrangeas can, in mild areas, be removed just after flowering, but it is best to leave them on the plant over winter to provide some frost protection for the tender growth buds below. Remove the dead flowerheads in early spring, cutting back to the first strong, healthy pair of buds lower down the stem.
Lacecaps are hardier, and the faded flowerheads can be cut back after flowering to the second pair of leaves below the head in order to prevent seed developing, which saps energy from the plant.

If the RHS says it is so then it MUST be true  

Don`t believe everything you read. Some of us have ben there, done that,

Yes 

[DavidT]

Daft bat.

[mumofstig]

Don't get carried away now Sunny, like he says.......

Don`t believe everything you read.

[sunshineband]

I;m not daft tho' .. I can read 

[mumofstig]

and right but not spell

[sunshineband]

You is write all the time