April Garden Tasks: Pruning Hydrangea & Butterfly Bushes + Dividing Hosta | Perennial Garden

In this video, we’re out in the April garden getting a few key tasks done — and sharing a few surprises too.

We start by pruning our hydrangeas, cutting back last year’s spent blooms and chatting a bit about why and how we prune them here in Denmark (Zone 8a). Then we move on to our dwarf Buddleja (butterfly bushes) — cutting them back and taking some cuttings for propagation.

And because spring is full of life, we also take a peek into the greenhouse, give an update on all the plants growing from winter-sown seeds, and... we’ve had a hatch! Our brand new king quail chicks arrived just yesterday, and they’re already full of energy.

At the end, we take a moment to look at a few beautiful things beginning to bloom — like our white Dicentra (Lamprocapnos spectabilis ‘Alba’) and our Euphorbia.

Want to skip ahead?
0:33 How & when to prune hydrangeas in spring
4:33 Cutting back and propagating Buddleja (Butterfly Bush)
16:37 Dividing hostas
19:24 What’s in bloom now
26:52 Newly hatched king quail chicks
28:37 Greenhouse tour (here in mid April)

Our garden tools are from ‪@DeWitGardenTools‬
And all of that beautiful new soil is from https://www.farmergodning.dk/

Here's a look at our garden last April:    • April Cottage Garden Tour I Perennial Garden  

We hope this video brings you a bit of joy and inspiration as the garden starts to wake up. Let us know what’s blooming or hatching in your own garden this week.

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