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Hydrangea

Hydrangea macrophylla

Hydrangea (Hydrangea macrophylla)

Photo: Didier Descouens · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Bloom colours

blue, pink, white

What actually matters with this one

Acid soil turns it blue, alkaline turns it pink. The plant is reporting your soil pH back to you.

How to grow it

Light
part shade
Water
Never let it dry out
Hardiness
Zones 6-9
Height
1.5 m
Flowers
July to September
Difficulty
easy

Where you will meet it

Plant it alongside

Relatives and plants that want the same conditions.