QuestionsHow to growTrees and ShrubsPruningpruning of hydranges 0 Vote Up Vote Down win odonoghue asked 15 years ago When and how can I prune overgrown hydrangeas? 1 Answers 0 Vote Up Vote Down Gerry Daly Staff answered 7 years ago If they are hugely overgrown, cut them to growund level in March. The flowering will be lost for a year. In subsquent years, thin the number of shoots by one shoot in five cut to ground level each year.