My husband pruned our oakleaf hydrangea last July after it bloomed. We read that was the time to do it so new buds would have time to set for this year. However, this year we had no flowers. Do you ...

* Common name: Dwarf oakleaf hydrangea 'Ruby Slippers' * Botanical name:Hydrangea quercifolia 'Ruby Slippers' * What it is: A new compact version of our native oakleaf hydrangea that grows about ...

The end of August is the time to pick up fallen fruit, harvest ripe vegetables, dead head flowers and keep your eyes open for any weeds that have evaded your summer weeding sessions and are now going ...

Recent rains have the garden lush with foliage. This past weekend I had a chance to get out into the garden. It seemed like this was the first weekend I did not work hard in the garden, but instead, ...

Give oakleaf hydrangea room to spread out in the landscape. Getty Images/iStockphoto Getty Images/iStockphoto Oakleaf hydrangeas (Hydrangea quercifolia) are blooming now. Grown in shade to part sun, ...

Last week we discussed Hydrangea macrophylla, which is the old fashioned big leaf hydrangea. Big leaf hydrangea blooms in colors of pink to blue to purple, and the blooms have either the ...

Description: This deciduous, mound-forming shrub offers distinctive orange-tinged brown bark, peeling on mature plants, and 10-inch, deeply lobed dark green leaves resembling those of the northern red ...

You can have your Knockout® roses, rose of Sharon and just about anything else that masquerades as a must-have shrub in the garden this time of year. Give me an oakleaf hydrangea any day of the week ...