Even if the beautiful flower balls of the hydrangea enchant the garden with their charm for many weeks, at some point the splendor is over. The flowers lose their colour, turn brown and have faded. In this article, we explain how faded flowers are professionally removed.

Faded hydrangea flowers can be cut off

Cut off the faded

To ensure that the hydrangea produces new flowers quickly, you should regularly cut off faded flowers. To do this, use sharp rose scissors, which should be very clean. Cut directly below the umbel, above the next leaf base.

Breaking out is gentler on the hydrangea

The hydrangea regenerates much faster if you carefully break out the flower umbels. This is very easy:

  • Grasp the hydrangea branch below the blossom and above the nearest leaf axil with your thumb and forefinger.
  • Carefully break off the shoot to the side using your fingernail.

Cut hydrangea flowers to dry

If you want to use the flowers of the hydrangea as room decoration or for drying arrangements, they are cut when they are largely mature. So that the hydrangea blossoms can be arranged attractively, you should cut them off with a twenty centimeter long stick. You can then preserve the flowers by drying them.

Cut back in August

If you have broken out or cut off all the faded umbels in midsummer, you can thin out the hydrangea a little at the same time. This allows more light to get inside the hydrangea, which has a very positive effect on flowering.

tips

Do not cut off the faded inflorescences in autumn, but leave them on the plant until next spring. The faded umbels exude a morbid charm that fits well into the winter garden picture. At the same time, they protect the inflorescences already planted for next year from frost damage.

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