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Hydrangea Macrophylia AB Green Shadow
Its a great plant but its not what was intended for this entry in my (profile of plants)
My intention was to feature the new stunning (Skimmia Japonica Pabella) However things didn’t turn out as expected, I will tell you a little of what went wrong, in the meantime lets sing the praises of a, pretty good Hydrangea.
Hydrangea Macrophylia (mophead) AB Green Shadow
We purchased Green Shadow in early Summer this year. Green flowers were just starting to show.
I potted it up in a decent sized container using an equal part mix of John Innes No.3 and a good quality garden compost.
This shrub was required, to add a bit of colour to the most North facing part of the back garden. Many Hydrangeas can do remarkably well in part shade or even quite deep shade and I find that those with red flowers, like Green Shadow seem to hold on to their colour well into the Autumn or early Winter.
Come mid July, the flower buds true to the name of the shrub open up in a shade of lime green then started to colour up in all shades of pink.
August arrived and the Hydrangea was looking very healthy, the more mature blooms were a deep red whilst newer ones were multi coloured, giving a great effect.
September came along and the plant was a mass of red flowers and still producing a few new flower heads.
We are now in the middle of November and there is not a lot blooming in the garden, however Hydrangea Green Shadow is still looking pretty good, in fact, all the pictures I have taken of it have been in the last few days, unfortunately I didn’t take any whilst at its very best, my intention was to feature this one next year.
Green Shadow apparently does well, planted in the border, and is
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