Hydrangeas: When to cut back hydrangeas?, 1 by pirl

pirl wrote:
It won't hurt the plant unless the wind rips the flower head off and that rips into the stem but it has never happened in our garden. I leave most of them because they are such fun if we get snow.

Angie, your protection sounds great. Was it aluminum sulfate you applied for the blue color? I've used it (by mistake) on a pink hydrangea when I was busy losing my mind feeding Japanese irises.

My Limelight still has its flowers and I won't be removing them. It should not hurt the buds for next year. We'll find out together. Good luck.

This is a lacecap, not Limelight.