Plants that work well scattered or massed around your garden.

Habit: Medium shrub.

Position: Part to quite shaded.

Glossy green leaves and black stems.

Bird and bee attracting.

Height and width: up to 1.5 metres (approx).

Deciduous. Most hydrangea are deciduous which means that they will lose some or all of their leaves in winter and will reshoot in spring. 

Salt tolerant.

They can be cut back hard in late Autumn and they will reshoot in Spring. 

Uses: gardens, borders, pots, tubs, verandah, bird habitats, scattered plantings, mass plantings, cut flower, cottage gardens, coastal areas   

For best results in Australia, please plant them in a place that does not get Summer afternoon sun unless it is a moist area.

Important Information

The acid levels in the soil will greatly determine the flower colour of this hydrangea variety.

Acidic soils bring out the blues, lilacs and purples.

Neutral soils bring out the reds and pinks.

Alkaline soils bring out reds and burgundy centres.

To increase acid levels in your soil you can add aluminum sulphate and this brings out the intense blues of the variety, and for the pinks and reds please add lime.

This need to be done before blooms form.

Or you can just simply plant them straight into the soil and just let the natural soil pH levels determine colours.