Size
Ultimate height
Higher than 12 metresTime to ultimate height
5–10 yearsUltimate spread
2.5–4 metresGrowing conditions
Moisture
Moist but well–drainedpH
Acid, NeutralColour & scent
| Stem | Flower | Foliage | Fruit | |
| Spring | Green | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Summer | Red Pink Cream | Green | ||
| Autumn | Green | |||
| Winter |
Position
- Full shade
- Full sun
- Partial shade
Aspect
East–facing or North–facing or South–facing or West–facing
Exposure
Sheltered Hardiness
H5Botanical details
- Family
- Hydrangeaceae
- Native to GB / Ireland
- No
- Foliage
- Deciduous
- Habit
- Climbing
- Potentially harmful
- Skin allergen. Wear gloves and other protective equipment when handling. Pets (dogs, cats): Harmful if eaten. For further information and contact numbers regarding pets, see the HTA guide to potentially harmful plants
- Genus
Hydrangea can be deciduous or evergreen shrubs, or self-clinging climbers, with flowers in clusters usually comprising both small fertile and more showy sterile flowers; often good autumn colour
- Name status
Accepted
How to grow
Cultivation
A vigorous climber, best grown in partial shade in a moist but well-drained soil, enriched with well-rotted organic matter
Propagation
Propagate by layering
Suggested planting locations and garden types
- City and courtyard gardens
- Cottage and informal garden
- Sub-tropical
- Low Maintenance
- Climber and wall shrubs
- Flower borders and beds
- Wall side borders
Pruning
Pruning Group 11, after flowering
Pests
May be susceptible to aphids, capsid bug, glasshouse red spider mite and hydrangea scale
Diseases
May be susceptible to a leaf spot, powdery mildews, grey moulds (Botrytis) and honey fungus (rarely)
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