Following just a few simple growing tips for hydrangea will produce healthy plants with fluffy colorful blooms year after year. Planting Your Hydrangea Planting your Hydrangea in early spring or in the fall is ideal. When you are planting a Hydrangea , remember that the blooms and stems must be protected from strong winds and the hot afternoon sun. Avoid planting in open areas where strong winds could break stems. Planting on the eastern side of a building ensures that, in the afternoon, when the sun is at its hottest, your plants are in the shade. Make sure your plant has good drainage. If the soil is too wet, the roots might rot, and the plant will die. Incorporate a lot of organic matter and an all-purpose slow-release fertilizer into the soil to give your hydrangea a strong start.

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Hydrangea Meaning & Symbolism
While these flowering shrubs are low-maintenance, proper care will keep them blooming. Unrivaled in the shrub world for beautiful flowers, these elegant plants are easy to cultivate, tolerate almost any soil, and produce abundant blooms. Hydrangeas are excellent for a range of garden sites from group plantings to shrub borders to containers. Varieties abound every year, it seems, breeders present us with more options!
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Hydrangeas are popular shrubs with colorful flowers that bloom through summer and into fall. They usually bloom in shades of blue, purple, and pink, with some selections in white, green, or red. Most hydrangea bushes are easy to grow in Zones and prefer partial shade. Mature size differs depending on the variety. Some are as small as 3-feet tall and wide, while others can reach feet tall and feet wide.
Hydrangeas are a genus of over 75 species and named cultivars that are native to a wide range of regions and countries, including Japan, Asia, Indonesia, Himalayan mountains, and the Americas. Another common name for hydrangea is hortensia. Hydrangeas can grow as climbing vines and trees, but are most commonly grown as a shrub. The plants can grow from 1 foot tall, all the way to close to feet tall as a climbing vine! The beautiful flowers produced by this plant is what makes these so popular. Most put on a showy display from early spring all the way into fall.