Plants and Flowers

Hydrangea will be a colorful and undemanding shrub in your summer garden. This one may be the best summer-blooming plant for you.
It is bright, colorful and easy to grow and care for, it is not affected by pests or diseases, and it blooms for a long weeks.
Most big leaf hydrangeas bloom on the previous season’s branches, which means that the stems usually die back to the ground, so they will produce flowers only warm regions.
Two more complicated cultivars - Endless Summer and ‘Blushing Bride’: can be frown in gardeners in more chilly areas.
Both cultivars bloom on both previous and new growth. You can create more flowers by deadheading and pruning back flowering stems. The only other care demanded is to prune out winter-destroyed stems in early spring.
The fallowing advice will help you in hydrangea successful growing. These flowering shrubs grow best in part-shade and prefer a wet, woodsy soil enriched with bog moss and leaf mold. Do not forget to water them well throughout the whole growing season.

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