Hydrangea Bush White Background

Large clusters of flowers in red pink blue purple or white appear from summer through fall producing a billowy look. Reaching 5 to 6 feet its arching white flowered branches also provide protection from the mid day sun for the hydrangeas.

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Hydrangea bush white background

Department of agriculture plant hardiness zones 3 through 9. Adding a white hydrangea bush to your yard isn t difficult because white blends effortlessly with other plants and colors. Hydrangeas hydrangea spp commonly reach 4 to 6 feet tall and wide in u s.

You want to avoid nicking or destroying an existing root system. Hydrangeas are extremely vigorous long lived shrubs that offer varied and extravagant blooms throughout summer and into fall when many shrubs have completed their show. When you consider hydrangea white may not be your first choice but hold on.

Hydrangeas offer varied and extravagant blooms throughout summer and into fall when many shrubs have completed their show. There are many white hydrangea varieties to choose from including classic peegee and oakleaf types. In the 1960s a horticulture professor discovered that a smooth hydrangea growing in anna illinois grew bigger white flowers than the traditional species.

Modern selections come in enticing shades of white cream pink blue and red and in lacecap and oakleaf shapes as well as the familiar mophead. Since then the decades cannot improve this stalwart performer. If planting a hydrangea close to an existing tree check with your local nursery as to how close to the tree you should dig a hole.

They come in enticing shades of white cream pink blue and purple and in lacecap and oakleaf shapes as well as the familiar mophead.

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