How to cut back hydrangeas?
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Many bloom on "old wood", so should not be cut back. You have to know the hybrid and read the care guides. If you don't know the hybrid, wait until it starts to leaf out, then just prune off the obvious dead stuff , cutting above the first live leaf bud. If it's an old plant, check the large branches in the middle of the plant - tug gently and pull out any loose ones- I had a big old hydrangea that would "self prune" that way.
If you must cut the whole plant back, just realize you may go a year without blooms.
We cut ours back each year, and we have the Dear Dolores variety. Here are some instructions: https://thekitchengarten.com/why-and-how-to-prune-hydrangeas/
Totally depends on variety of hydrangea. Click here to read the post I wrote on pruning peegee hydrangeas