Ask-a-Dave's-Gardener: Hydrangea Trouble, 4 by hcmcdole

hcmcdole wrote:
I just blew away everything I typed in and the four photos I had ready to go by hitting the stupid back arrow. GRRR.

Just cut off any bad looking leaves. They will bother you looking at them and don\'t do anything for the plant. This could be simple aging or a reaction to too much sun, too little water, too much water, or too much fertilizer. Who knows for sure.

I cut off almost every leaf of my Penny Mac last August since they were so ugly but it bloomed so well in June. July the blooms faded as expected. August is when it got ugly so I cut almost every one of them off. Mid October shows new leaves but not full. It looks good this year but I had to cut off a lot of dead branches.