Hydrangeas are brimming with nostalgia, stirring memories of endless Southern summers. When winter arrives, these charming plants need a little TLC to ensure summer blooms return the following season.

While hydrangeas are pretty cold tolerant, a deep freeze can cause damage. Don't panic! You can still save all or part of the plant, if you take your time.

Residents on the South Shore have weathered a rough winter so far, battening down the hatches, cranking up the generators and digging out after a big snow. Sure, we're tough New Englanders, good at ...

Panicled hydrangeas, for example, are more cold-hardy and can probably be neglected a little later into the cold months before you give them winter protection. The famous mophead, or bigleaf hydrangea ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The cold of winter can be very challenging for plants in pots. Unlike plants that are directly in the ground, container plants don ...

Think of hydrangea winter care as an investment in your future garden. Although the plants have finished flowering by fall, extra care for your hydrangeas during the coldest months of the year will ...

Q: My hydrangea didn't bloom any better this year than it did last year after the really cold winter. I was told to try pruning the bush last fall, which I did. Did that kill the blooms? Or was it the ...

In a normal year, the hydrangeas would be thick with leafy growth and holding aloft conspicuous buds to open at month's end either as lacecaps or globes, thus introducing an effervescent spring to a ...

The cold of winter can be very challenging for plants in pots. Unlike plants that are directly in the ground, container plants don't have any natural insulation against falling temperatures. While ...