* What it is: A new variety of our native smooth hydrangea that's distinctive for its pink flowers. Smooth hydrangeas normally bloom white. Flowers are big and round (bigger than softballs) and peak ...

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 ...

Big-leaf hydrangeas may have the spotlight with their giant puffs of flowers blooming in pink, blue, purple or white. Wild hydrangeas, plants native to the U.S., shouldn’t be overlooked. These native ...

Try to have a discussion about hydrangea among your gardening friends, and you’re likely to start a rather lively debate. What type to grow, when to prune, why doesn’t it flower and how can I change ...

Look closely at gardens around Lawrence right now and you will see shrubs here and there with giant softball-sized (or even a little larger) flower heads dispersed throughout the plant like giant ...