I Have 3 Hydrangea Plants In A Container Which Is Kept Outside Year Round. The Container Has Gotten Too Small For All 3 Of These. Can They Be Transplanted To Other Containers And If So, When And How?

When overcrowding occurs, you have to transplant. If the roots are interlaced with one another, you will have to pull them apart, or cut right in between the plants.

Use a shovel or spade to slice a circle into the dirt around the plant,giving them as much room as you can, this is going to make it easier to get it out of the planter. Get your spot ready for them, because you don't want them out of their soil for any length of time.
Transplant quickly, and water generously, with a fertilizer, being careful not to burn the plant. Then water for a little while with just water. The plant may droop for a day or two, but if you water again a little the next day, it should help to bring it out of a shock if that's what it has.

You don't really want to do this in the morning, and you don't want to do it in the heat of the day, not too late in the evening either. If you transplant right now, you should be able to produce flowers next year.

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