Pink Mop Head Hydrangea
But for the vast majority of mophead varieties it s best to do your pruning in the summer before august hits.
Pink mop head hydrangea. Mophead hydrangea information tells you that the shrubs can grow taller than you are and have an equal or greater spread. Mophead hydrangeas come in two types. If its buds are winter killed the plant will form new ones in spring and still bloom. These are best suited for places with afternoon shade also requiring well drained soil.
These are also commonly known as french hydrangeas. They grow quite rapidly and can make excellent hedges if spaced appropriately. Pink hydrangea pink hydrangeas range from hot pinks to barely blushing and can be found in several different types. Mophead hydrangeas hydrangea macrophylla grow 3 to 6 feet tall and 6 to 10 feet wide producing pink white or blue ball shaped flowers in summer.
Macrophylla we love all summer beauty mophead which has profuse dark blue flowers turning more pink in soils with near neutral ph. Most mopheads grown today are blue or pink but a few varieties are white. These are large blooms typically start white and may turn to pink. In particular i m referring to the mophead hydrangeas hydrangea macrophylla.
The mophead hydrangeas have the quintessentially large puffy flower balls indicative of old fashioned elegance. They are smaller thinner and rougher than leaves of the mophead hydrangea typically 3 6 long and 3 4. Some mopheads bear small flowers in big rounded clusters that can be as large as cabbages. These are the most cold hardy hydrangea and can grow from zones 3 to 7.
If you see cut flowers at a store they are likely mophead. The leaves of pg hydrangeas are relatively easy to identify when compared with other hydrangeas. Lacecap hydrangeas and mophead hydrangeas are both classified as hydrangea macrophylla. With mophead you have to prune annually after the pink or blue blooms have appeared.
Nikko blue mophead is vigorous with large rounded blue flowers. Sorry these are not hardy hydrangeas. Mopheads hydrangea macrophylla are the most popular hydrangeas grown in home gardens and landscapes. There are a few types of mophead hydrangeas that will bloom regardless of when you prune them oh and one type in particular is called endless summer.
Department of agriculture plant. Blue hydrangea blue hydrangeas from the bigleaf family are only blue because of the soil they are grown in. You can purchase a blue hydrangea and find it blooms a different color next year.