Hydrangea

Pet safety

Not known yet. Check before letting pets near.

Through the year

Flowering months are not yet confirmed.

Key care steps

  1. Cut 10cm non-flowering tips and halve any large leaves to cut water loss.
  2. Insert into damp compost, three to a 9cm pot.
  3. Keep in bright shade under a propagator lid until rooted.

Hydrangea macrophylla includes mopheads with full, rounded flowerheads and lacecaps with flatter heads of tiny central florets surrounded by larger flowers. It flowers in summer, with pink, purple, blue or white blooms depending on soil type.

Sun: Full sun to partial shade.

Soil: Moist, humus-rich, fertile.

Hardiness: H5 — down to −15°C.