Hydrangea White Lacecap
Flowers start to show from late summer right through to autumn.
Hydrangea white lacecap. The flower clusters of small fertile florets with scattered showy sterile florets to form a ring. Hydrangeas offer varied and extravagant blooms throughout summer and into fall when many shrubs have completed their show. A site with morning sun and afternoon shade is ideal. Spectacular lacecap bloom has a ring of white sterile florets surrounding a large cluster of pink to blue fertile flowers.
Laceheads prefer a part sun part shade location. This late blooming type that peaks in july and august has more in store for you when autumn arrives since the brilliant red and purple leaves rival any fall foliage display sought by leaf peepers. Hydrangea arborescens hayes starburst is a deciduous shrub with stunning double creamy white lacecaps which contrast beautifully with its lime green leaves. They can show off in gardens or containers and because they tolerate both wind and salt make an ideal choice for the seaside summer.
Unlike mophead hydrangeas lacecaps tend to be hardy and can be deadheaded in autumn if desired. The scientific name for lacecap hydrangeas is hydrangea macrophylla normalis. Hydrangea serrata blue deckle is a dwarf lacecap type that will thrive in the dappled sunlight of tall deciduous trees in zone 6 and warmer gardens. A tremendous compact hydrangea for tough spots award winning hydrangea macrophylla lanarth white features flattened lacecap flower heads composed of large pure white sterile sepals radiating around a central cluster of tiny mauve pink fertile florets.
Broadly rounded form effective in mass plantings or large containers. The little buds in the center of the lacecap are the fertile flowers and the large showy blossoms around the outer edge are the sterile flowers. Alternatively save this job for spring. A lacecap is a hydrangea macrophylla like the mophead variety and its growing requirements are the same.
Lacecap hydrangeas are instantly recognisable with their flat flowerheads consisting of a centre of tiny clustered flowers surrounded by a ring of showy florets. Rich well draining soil and adequate irrigation. They come in enticing shades of white cream pink blue and purple and in lacecap and oakleaf shapes as well as the familiar mophead. These shrubs should be much more widely grown.
Lacecap hydrangeas hydrangea macrophylla normalis stand out because of the look of the flowers. These hydrangea varieties with white flowers make especially elegant additions to any landscape. Hydrangeas are rockstars of the shrub world. Lanarth white lacecap hydrangea hydrangea macrophylla lanarth white sku 4189.