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Similarly, should climbing hydrangea be pruned?

Pruning Climbing Hydrangeas However, once the plant establishes, it starts to grow quite vigorously and can easily get out of control if you don't watch closely. It is best to prune after the plant blooms in mid-summer, that way you do not cut off the next year's flower buds.

One may also ask, why has my climbing hydrangea not flowered? Remove them back to a main branch so the plant can focus its energy on upward growth and flowers. When a climbing hydrangea won't bloom, it's sometimes the result of too much nitrogen fertilizer. You'll have a hard time getting climbing hydrangeas to bloom if you're pruning at the wrong time of year.

Keeping this in consideration, how do you prune a hydrangea?

Prune in late winter and early spring. Prune as far back as you want right above the first leaf joints. It will grow from that point onward, getting larger each year. Read more about pruning hydrangeas, and learn whether your shrub blooms on old or new growth in “Pruning Hydrangeas” by Janet Carson.

Do you cut off dead hydrangea blooms?

While removing the faded blossoms is not necessary, if you want to clean up the plant you can snip the stems just below the dying flowers, above the developing buds on the stem. Do not prune after August 1; the shrub needs time to develop new flower buds on the old wood.