About this plant
Hydrangea
Hydrangeas are shrubs and climbers from East Asia and the Americas. They owe their fame to their large flower heads, in which showy, sterile florets surround or completely cover the small fertile flowers. Hydrangeas like a moist, humus-rich soil and flower in summer, when many other shrubs have finished flowering.
Smooth hydrangea Hydrangea arborescens
The smooth hydrangea is a bushy shrub from the woodlands of eastern North America, growing to around 1.5 m. From June to September it bears large rounded heads of small white flowers, pale green at first. Because it flowers on new wood, it blooms reliably every year, even after a hard winter.
Location and soil
Grows in sun or partial shade in moist, humus-rich soil, but adapts to poorer ground as well. It accepts any pH, including chalky soil. Very hardy; no winter protection is needed.
Pruning and care
Leave the dried flower heads on over winter to protect the buds. In February or March cut them off and shorten the stems: cutting back by about two thirds gives fewer but larger heads, a lighter trim gives more, smaller ones. Heavy heads can bend the stems, so give large plants some support.
Use in the garden
A reliable shrub for borders, groups, banks and woodland edges, and also as a specimen. The flower heads stay attractive as they fade and are excellent for cutting and for dried arrangements.
Plant characteristics
Flowering
| Flowering period | june, july, august, september |
| Colour (flower) | white |
Foliage
| Evergreen | no |
| Colour (foliage) | green |
Growth habit
| Height | 150 cm |
Location
| Winter hardiness | -35 °C |
| Soil type | kalkrijk |
| Location | sun, half shade |
| Soil moisture | moist, normal |
Use
| Type (use) | shrub, solitary, in group |
Care
| Pruning | january, february |
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