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Some of the most popular hydrangeas are the mophead varieties hydrangea macrophylla which produce huge ball shaped flowers this species was originally cultivated in china and japan.

Mophead hydrangea flower box. This similar plant offers a more delicate blossom and is just as easy to grow as its more famous cousin. Mophead hydrangeas mopheads hydrangea macrophylla are the most popular hydrangeas grown in home gardens and landscapes. Often overlooked for window boxes are foolproof flowering bulbs. Wicker basket fall hydrangea mantel. For more information this article will help. This is especially true of the commonly grown hydrangea macrophylla. These are also commonly known as french hydrangeas.

Keep your soil on the acidic side if you want to achieve the bluest blooms possible from your nikko blue hydrangea bush. I never cut it back hard and the flower yield is always outstanding. Summer and winter hydrangea mantel. Provide winter protection in zone 5 as flowers are produced on old wood. Many varieties tolerate wind and salt spray. Most mopheads grown today are blue or pink but a few varieties are white. Endless summer is this type of hydrangea.

But for the vast majority of hydrangeas pruning after july will likely result in fewer blooms the next summer. Some of the most popular varieties of this type of hydrangea include limelight flowers have a greenish tinge and vanilla strawberry beloved for its pink and white two tone flowers. Scrap wood hydrangea flower box mantel. Hydrangea macrophylla nikko blue this is the most common blue flowered mophead form useful in colder areas since is reportedly will produce some flowers on new growth late in the season. Whether you do a fall planting of miniature daffodils snowdrops or hyacinths for springtime bloom or you do a late spring planting of lilies alliums or dwarf gladiolus for summertime bloom be sure to tuck a few bulbs and corms into your window boxes for added impact. Macrophylla hydrangeas are the blue and pink mopheads and lacecaps. All hydrangeas will bloom and grow well in morning sun and afternoon shade.

Acid soil will produce the deepest blue color on this 1 2 4feet tall shrub. For all mophead hydrangeas the above method of pruning method i will work very well. Producing huge cone shape flower clusters panicle hydrangeas hydrangea paniculata generally have white blooms but the flowers of several varieties will blush to pink as they age. Here is the same bush in fall. This mophead variety blooms earlier than most usually beginning in june and endures for two months. The further north one lives the more sun hydrangeas need and can withstand.