Bush advice

[paulwirral]

Do your zips back up boys , it’s gardening advice I’m after , could someone tell me what this is called and how I go about pruning it to get it to flower every year if that’s possible?
We’ve been here almost six years and it flowered the first two years then nothing since I chopped it right down . My fault but we all have to learn , it’s flowered this year obviously , first in a few years .
Cheers for looking
Also , do you think it would be moveable , it’s right outside the kitchen window and we’re starting to live like vampires in that room

[MGSteve]

According to Google reverse image search, its a Hydrangea aspera 'Macrophylla'.
Hopefully that will help you find out the info you need.

[moorx]

Recognised it as a hydrangea, and think it's this:

https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/94172/hydrangea-serr...

[Ste-EVo]

Im pretty certain its a hydrangea of some variety, however the leaves look huge, unlike most ive seen on a hydrangea.

As for moving it, yes but its a fair old size so will take a fair amount of shifting. Do it when its dormant Autumn/winter, between October and February and make sure you dig up a good portion of the roots and water in well and continue to do so in its new place until the roots establish.

[paulwirral]

Thanks for that , I’m a rubbish gardener and not much better on the tinternet , I appreciate the advice and time taken to reply .

[Landlubber]

Hydrangea, cut it back hard in the spring.

[Ste-EVo]

paulwirral said:

Thanks for that , I m a rubbish gardener and not much better on the tinternet , I appreciate the advice and time taken to reply .

You're welcome.

However, as Landlubber suggests, a hard prune is a good alternative to moving.

[Voguely]

This type of hydrangea flowers on old wood, so be cautious how much you prune it back. There are two main 'types' of hydrangea, one you can cut pretty much down to the ground and it will still reflower the next year on new wood, the other it is better to trim just about 1/3 off it so it can then reflower on the old wood. The type you have is the latter.

[paulwirral]

This makes sense, I did a hard prune consecutive years and never got any flowering where lat year it just got a quick trim with the hedge cutters when I ran them along the other bushes in that section of the garden , I’ll try your method this year , thanks again .