Gardeners can get free hydrangeas with experts clever technique
This expert hack shows you how to grow fresh hydrangeas in your garden completely for free – even better, it is incredibly simple to do and doesn require too many steps
This hack allows you to grow free hydrangeas Image: Getty
You won’t need to go out and buy hydrangeas again after following these quick easy steps.
Hydrangeas are easily one of the UK’s most popular flowers, beloved for their big beautiful blooms and fresh floral scent. According to experts, you don’t need to go out and buy fresh flowers.
It turns out that you can actually grow fresh hydrangeas from your old hydrangea cuttings, experts from Gardener’s World reveal. It comes after Brits are told to never put one banned item in garden bins as you could face punishment.
You can grow new hydrangeas from your old plants Image: Getty
Gardeners World writes: “Hydrangeas root well from cuttings, giving you a new batch of young hydrangea plants, for free.” They add that you can take cuttings from all kinds of hydrangea plants. This includes popular varieties such as lacecap and hanging hydrangea.
Equally, they advise that the best time to take hydrangea cuttings is in late summer. You can then transplant the rooted plants into individual pots.
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Gardeners World advise that, regardless of when you transplant your hydrangeas, they should be “well-rooted” and displaying signs of “good growth” by the following spring.,
