If it is a tall, clinging vine (up to 80 feet), it is climbing hydrangea. If it has multilobed leaves, like an oak tree, and cone-shaped flowers, it is an oakleaf hydrangea. If it has leaves that come ...

One of the most beloved shrubs for the central Ohio garden is the hydrangea, and one of the most beautiful and useful species is the oakleaf hydrangea. A great variety for the home garden is the Snow ...

Recent rains have the garden lush with foliage. This past weekend I had a chance to get out into the garden. It seemed like this was the first weekend I did not work hard in the garden, but instead, ...

Fall color is something most often relegated to tree selection, but shrubs like the native oakleaf hydrangea can add their own fiery blast as well. Conditions to make great fall colors boil down to ...

Hydrangea quercifolia is called oakleaf hydrangea because it is said that the leaves look like some oak foliage. In the fall the leaves turn very dramatic shades of orange and red to burgundy. By ...

There is nothing quite like finding a large stand of native oakleaf hydrangeas along a rocky-river shoreline, or moist ravine in the South. Though you may not have such a picturesque setting, those ...

Hydrangeas are all the rage, a horticultural trend showing no signs of slowing. Year after year, breeders come up with new cultivars with improved blooming, increased hardiness and a range of sizes to ...

Q: Last August, while I was away, a landscaper pruned my beautiful oakleaf hydrangea. Of course, we have had no flowers at all this year. It has gotten very big though. I would like to prune it back ...

Most garden denizens have shed their best bib and tucker by now; the perennials have been put to bed; the trees have donated their leaves to the compost pile; and annuals are frostbitten. But all is ...

Hydrangeas have long been a staple of Southern gardens, and it’s no wonder why. These beloved flowers, with their unique clusters of delicate blooms, offer a late-spring and early-summer splash of ...

When it's too late to cut back hydrangeas depends on the type you have. Here’s how to prune at the best time. Oakleaf and bigleaf hydrangeas should be pruned right after flowering, before they set the ...