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Contributing GardenerPermalink Reply by Judith Kennedy Arthur on July 6, 2010 at 6:37pm

When I moved in this house three years ago, I dug up and divided all the hydrangeas that were growing here and there in our yard. That was in Spring 2007. They bloomed beautifully this year, after sputtering for the other years. It may have been because we were having a drought here in Alabama, I don't really know. You can certainly dig up and divide, replant half, whatever you want to do. You do have to keep them watered until they are reestablished.

Permalink Reply by Corin B Zone 6/7 on July 6, 2010 at 8:50pm

Yes I have, although I did it in the spring while it was still dormant. Right now, with the summer heat, I would hesitate. You can also prune your hydrangea, removing no more than a third of the branches, cutting them back to the ground, easily reducing the size and bulk of the shrub.

Permalink Reply by Joanne Davis~~top of Z6/IL on July 6, 2010 at 10:24pm

Thanks for the tip. It wasn't too close to the house when we first planted it, but now.... I'm not sure that this bush could be dug up.

Judith Kennedy Arthur said:

When I moved in this house three years ago, I dug up and divided all the hydrangeas that were growing here and there in our yard. That was in Spring 2007. They bloomed beautifully this year, after sputtering for the other years. It may have been because we were having a drought here in Alabama, I don't really know. You can certainly dig up and divide, replant half, whatever you want to do. You do have to keep them watered until they are reestablished.

Permalink Reply by Joanne Davis~~top of Z6/IL on July 6, 2010 at 10:25pm

Your right...it's the wrong season to try it. I'll add it to my husband's to-do list.

Corin B Zone 6/7 said:

Yes I have, although I did it in the spring while it was still dormant. Right now, with the summer heat, I would hesitate. You can also prune your hydrangea, removing no more than a third of the branches, cutting them back to the ground, easily reducing the size and bulk of the shrub.

Permalink Reply by michael sprawling on July 7, 2010 at 8:16am

i DON;T THINK YOU CAN BUT IT IS JUST AS EASY TAKING CUTTINGS .ABOUT 3 INCHES LONG WITH ONLY A PAIR OF LEAVES ON THE TOP. CUT BELOW A LEAF NODE AND CUT THE 2 LEAVES IN HALF TO REDUCE WATER LOSS. DIP INTO ROOTING COMPOUND THEN PUT INTO A POT WITH SHARP SAND AND COMPOST MIX.

Permalink Reply by Amanda LeGau on July 14, 2010 at 8:50pm

Depends on what type, if it is a woody stem that doesn't die back to the ground when you get a frost, I wound not if it is and endless summer type you have a 50-50 chance of it making it.

Permalink Reply by Pat Spinelli on July 26, 2011 at 10:38am

I've made baby plants by laying one of the limbs on the ground and cover a section with soil and top with a small rock. Next yr you'll have another plant that you can snip from the mother plant and plant elsewhere.

Permalink Reply by Rich Bishop on July 26, 2011 at 9:22pm

Yeah, go ahead and divide them, but in the Spring.   You'll get good results.