Beginner Gardening: Can I prune my annabelle hydrangeas now?, 0 by teainthegarden

teainthegarden wrote:
I'm in Southern Quebec and will be too busy the early part of next spring to do a lot of garden work. I'd rather cut the shrubs back now. (They really need it because I missed it previous years). It's a beautiful day so I decided this would be the best time but then I wondered:

If the weather is too nice/unusually warm now will the plants "think" it's spring???

I apologize if this sounds like a dumb question to the master gardeners. I'm not sure where to find the answer. I read websites and watched youtube videos but haven't heard anyone mention pruning when the weather is weird.

(The picture is NOT today.)