Beautiful. That is such a good tip on the hydrangeas. We use to make that mistake and wonder why ours didn't bloom. And you can never have enough azaleas. Too bad they don't bloom all summer.
Beautiful. That is such a good tip on the hydrangeas. We use to make that mistake and wonder why ours didn't bloom. And you can never have enough azaleas. Too bad they don't bloom all summer.
I know! My sister just sent me a photo of her garden and her lawn helper chopped her hydrangea to the ground! No blue blooms for another year! So sad....and maddening!
Yes we had a large crew of landscapers one spring and I couldn't keep an eye on all of them. One of them did the same thing to our bush before I could give him instructions. Now I'll only use a landscaper with a small crew or better yet do most of it myself.
I do ALL my own pruning of every shrub plus my garden. For many years we never used a lawn serivce since my husband liked to do it and we would send out our sons (when they lived at home as teenagers) and I liked to mow too ;0)
We are getting older...and busier!...in our increasing years so got a lawn service last summer! As long as they don't weed whack any clematis vines or touch any shrubs!!