hydrangea cuttings

not quite yet, the shoots need to get longer before they will root

RHS advice here
http://apps.rhs.org.uk/advicesearch/profile.aspx?PID=307

ive a largish hydrngea at home and i dead head it and trim it when all heads ave died ,i put all the theads etc on my compost heap and have added plenty stuff on top other week when turnin my heap over found plenty of cuttins had new shoots so have potted them up hoping for few new plants lol

ive had no probs way i done mine but it looks as old as the hills plenty thick growth at base maybe i just been lucky i get plenty big bright flowers every year

You should see the monsters we have in our back garden! I dug one out last year to put 2 new veg beds in, I am not kidding you every spring I cut them right back, just twig really 6--12 inches from the ground, then the growing begins and they never stop, the one I dug out in it full glory would be 6 foot high and 10 foot wide!.

I hate them with a passion, still have another 4 to deal with this year. They are hardy as anything though, I have given them some terrible abuse over the years and they always come back every year bigger and bigger, would not recommend trying to dig out a big established one, crikey you will reach Australia before you get to the bottom of the roots. Be careful with these, sure they look nice but they soon grow completely out of control and turn into a right pain!

Chris