Do I … or don’t I ?
I have three very old … really very old … hydrangeas. They are part of the first batch of plants I planted in our garden 29 years ago!!!!
They have been magnificent every single year!! Sometimes I get huge blooms that cover the bushes .. which grow taller than me (and I am average height) … and sometimes I get bushes that have less flowers but still with the most gorgeous colours from shades of blues to purples – depends on the hot or not-so-hot summers. I used to feed them on tea leaves .. and still do … but now it’s tea from tea bags … but in the ‘old days’ I used to get Tanganda Tea from Rhodesia/Zimbabwe and the dregs of each pot of tea used to be swirled and tipped onto the soil …
Every year, the old ‘trunks’ get more and more gnarled. I break off the really, really dead wooded ones and trim the bushes religiously hoping for a great show in summer. I am never disappointed! In the photo below there is a small hydrangea in the background which was grown from a cutting from this ‘old lady’ ….

4 Replies to “Do I … or don’t I ?”
Oh wow!! I remember these beautiful hydrangeas…
I think you should get one or 2 new bushes from the nursery and also do the cuttings.
I see life there, where there is life dont cut down!!!!!
I would not cut them down, you say they still bloom abundantly?