Hydrangeas

I had our yard cleaned up and weeded a week or so ago, and the guy who did this cut down four of my very healthy hydrangeas to about 9-10 inches from the ground. I was not at home at the time and my husband did not catch this. I couldn’t believe my eyes when I found them like this.

Is there anything I can do besides fertilizer, to bring them back to the beautiful shrub that they were? Is it true that they will not flower when they’ve been cut down so low? I appreciate any advice you can give me.

Thanks.
Deb Abin

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#1 Comment By Downtoearthdigs On 04/18/2016 @ 6:51 am

Pruning instructions depends on the type of Hydrangea that you have planted.
This severe of a pruning could very well harm the shrub but if the plants were well established, they may also recover–over time.
Do not fertilize the plants until you began to see active growth.
They you can apply a all purpose fertilizer to help them.

Depending on the variety of Hydrangea, if they form flowers on old wood, you will have no flowers this season.

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