Hydrangeas like most garden plants prefer to be planted in the border. Fortunately, many are quite happy planted in a pot. Hydrangea Magical Mont Blanc is one of them.
Some time back, Hydrangeas became very unpopular, especially the mopheads, a plant for your granny they would say. I am pleased to say, all that nonsense about certain garden plants being unfashionable seems to be over.
The paniculata form is magnificent, especially if you like white. Mont Blanc is compact and bushy, with the most perfect white blooms imaginable. Take a look at this mail order company, they have an enormous range of Hydrangeas. Golden Hill Plants
We have two of these deciduous shrubs growing very well in our courtyard area. They have been in the pots for three years now and are flourishing.
The deciduous shrub starts to show tiny green leaf buds in Spring, soon producing dark green leaves which will fall in late Autumn, leaving the plant bare stemmed.
In mid-July the cone-shaped flowers start to open, a lime shade of green to begin with, soon turning snowy white. The blooms are numerous and last until Autumn.
Many of the Paniculata hydrangeas are said to have fragrant blooms, cant say I picked up on it, but I have been desensitized by a 19-year-old’s cat litter tray.
Compact bushy plant, about 1.2 metres/ 3ft 9 inches
Fully hardy in the UK
Grows well in any reasonable garden soil and prefers a semi shaded position, but does surprisingly well in full sun.
In Spring, when the buds are showing, cut each stem back to just above a bud. No matter how low you prune, you will still get blooms. The harder you cut back, the larger the flowers Wil be, in fact, sometimes making the blooms a bit on the heavy side for the stems.
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Hydrangea season is upon us. The South Carolina Botanical Garden has a designated Hydrangea Garden across from the Hanover House. Hydrangeas are a multi-stem, woody shrub native to Asia and the Americas. Our native hydrangeas include the smooth and the oakleaf; both grow in hardwood forests with moist, humus-rich soil.
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Hydrangea macrophylla, commonly referred to as mophead, was seen in recent times as being unfashionable. I never did pay any attention to that sort of nonsense so lets say no more about it.