Hydrangea macrophylla (bigleaf hydrangea)

Hydrangea macrophylla (Big Leaf Hydrangea)




Pronunciation: hye-DRAIN-juh mack-roe-FILL-uh
Family: hydrangeaceae
Plant type: Deciduous shrub
Origin: Japan
Zone: 6
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Mature size
  Height: 1.3 - 2 m
  Spread: 1.5 - 2 m
Habit: dense, spreading, twiggy
Form: round
Texture: coarse
Exposure - full sun 
Preferred soil - can be influenced by soil color
Landscape uses - cut flowers, indoor plants (messy), borders, specimen plants summer interest
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Leaves
Arrangement: simple opposite
Shape: elliptic, ovate, obovate
Size: 4-6 x 5-8 inches
Margin: serrate 
Characteristics: heavily veined, glabrous, pubescent, lustrus 
Colour: green
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Flowers
Inflorescence type: floriferous corym
Colour: white, violet, blue, pink (acidic soil = blue flowers, alkeline soil = pink)
Size: 6 inches diameter
Time: July - September
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Fruit type: capsule
Colour: brown
Time: November December
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Stem
Description: prominent lenticils, multi stem trunk
Colour: tan
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Propagation - seed, extremely easy to grow from cuttings (softwood, terminal, leaf bud)
Comments - blue to pink bracts that can be influenced by soil ph 
Pests - fungal leaf spot, mites, mold, rust, scale, slugs, snails

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