Description:
Hydrangea is a deciduous shrub which can reach to nearly 6 feet. The common cultivated species is grown wildly in gardens and as potted plants. The flowers among the cultivated species include white, pink, mauve, bluish purple and blue.
Light Requirements:
Hydrangea planted in full shade will produce far fewer flowers than those in partial shade.
Water Requirements:
Hydrangea absorb water quickly, keep the soil evenly moist and well drained. Though this can take watering your plants possibly more than once per day.
Frost Resistance:
Its frost tender more serious frost damage turns the leaves and emerging buds dark brown.
Feeding:
Combination of sulphur, compost and peat moss has proved to be a successful hydrangea fertiliser.
Free State Stockists
Alma Kwekery – Welkom
Bruwer Kwekery – Bloemfontein
Greenside Kwekery – Bloemfontein
Urth Garden Centre – Bloemfontein
Gauteng Stockists
Colourful Splendour – Craighall Park
Garden Pavilion – Eckards
Garden Pavilion – Sunkist
Hecker Nursery – Boksburg
Lifestyle Home Garden – Randburg
Montrose Nursery – Morningside
Nicolas Plants – Northriding
Plant Paradise Garden Centre – Pretoria
Schaffler’s Nursery – Johannesburg
Limpopo Stockists
Mpumalanga Stockists
Garden Pavilion – White River
Ninfa Tuinsentrum – Middelburg
North West Stockists
Garden Pavilion – Geelhout
Sittig’s Nursery – Hartebeespoort
**Please note that not all stockists will have every plant featured**
