Hydrangea plants will end up with 'masses of flowers' if you follow these three steps

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A gardener has shared three steps on how to make your hydrangeas flower and become dazzling once again after a tough winter.Hydrangeas are a beautiful plant that come in a range of shapes and colours, and they survive throughout the winter even in colder weather, reports the Express.However, a lot of the blooms fall from the plant, and whatever is left dries up and turns brown.

The colder weather could damage the remaining parts of the plant and damage them - so how do you dodge them?Well, thanks to Ben Hayman, a resident gardening expert at Hoselink, hydrangeas are able to gain "spectacular blooms" if you follow his three simple steps.Taking to Hoselink’s TikTok account, Ben shared a video on how to go about pruning hydrangeas - in particular, hydrangea paniculata, one of the most popular forms.Ben started the video by saying: "Today I’m going to show you how to prune and get masses of flowers on your panicle hydrangeas, or as you may know them, hydrangea paniculata."These are the ones with the big cone-like flowers that look just as stunning in the garden as they do in any flower arrangement.

We prune these guys in winter to early spring - and they’re really easy to prune they flower on the coming year’s growth."He began by saying the first step is to remove the dead, damaged and diseased areas, then prune back to a solid framework.

The next step is to thin out crowded areas, allowing light and airflow into the centre of the plant.Then, reduce the plants height to around 30 to 40cm from the ground in order to support new growth.