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Today we’re going to
take a look at some old fashioned shrubs that have suddenly become the
Queens of the Garden, and rightfully so. They’re called – Hydrangeas!
In today’s market, there
are over 100 species of hydrangeas and within those many subspecies and
cultivars, all of which vary in size, flowering times, colors and shapes of
flowers, hardiness, sun or shade…there’s a hydrangea for just about any spot
in the landscape.
Take a look at just a
few of the hundreds of selections:
-Big Daddy…blooms on old
and new wood with unusually large flower heads that will vary pink to blue.
-Glowing Embers…this
hydrangea produces mid summer flowers that glow from a rich crimson to a
dark pink as the summer progresses
-Black Stem…wonderful
pastel flowers, but it’s the black stems that make this one a collector’s
hydrangea.
-Limelight...very unique
hydrangea as the flowers start as a bright chartreuse color and change to
colors of white, pink and burgundy. Very easy to grow.
-Annabelle…with her huge
white globe shaped flowers, and a definite consistent bloomer each year
-Oakleaf…one of my
favorites, oakleaf hydrangeas are available from compact growers to 6-8 feet
tall, all supporting oak like leaves and these wonderful cone shaped
flowers.
-Endless Summer and
Blushing Bride…these profuse bloomers flower all season long on old and new
growth…pink or blue with the Endless Summer / White fade to pink on the
Blushing Bride.
-Climbing Hydrangea…yes,
there’s even a climbing hydrangea! Lacy cream colored flowers in mid to
late June, but look at the glossy heart shaped leaves, cinnamon colored
stems and exfoliating bark…that makes this one a great show year round.
Loves the shade, will grow in the sun, an excellent vine for walls,
trellises, or even on high limbed trees.
So many hydrangeas with
so little space to plant them all! But Definitely the Queens of the Garden! |
