Hydrangea macrophylla 'Maman' (H)

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Synonyms

Hydrangea macrophylla 'Maman Blue'
Hydrangea macrophylla 'Maman Rose'

A large, bushy deciduous shrub to around 150cm in height, with coarsley toothed dark green foliage. Rounded clusters of dark red-pink mophead flower heads appear from June through to September

Max Height

1-1.5 metres

Max Spread

1-1.5 metres

Size

Max Spread
1-1.5 metres
Max Height
1-1.5 metres

Botanical Details

Family
Hydrangeaceae
Native to GB/Ireland
No
Potentially harmful
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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
Unresolved
Horticultural Group

Horticultural Classification Codes

Horticultural Classification Codes are often given to genera which have a large number of species or cultivars. They are used to categorise cultivated plants based on specific, shared characteristics such as shape, colour, size or flowering time, and can be displayed as letters or numbers

For example:
Dahlia ‘Sunset Kate (Sin) = Single flower
Rosa ‘Marigold’ (HT) = Hybrid Tea

Hortensia hydrangeas (also known as mopheads) are compact bushy deciduous shrubs with broadly ovate leaves and rounded flower clusters composed almost entirely of showy sterile flowers

How to Grow

Cultivation

Grow in any moist but well-drained soil in partial shade or grow in sun if soil remains reliably moist. Improve chalky soils with organic matter to support good growth. See shrubby hydrangea cultivation for further advice

Propagation

Propagate by softwood cuttings in early summer or hardwood cuttings in winter

Pruning

See pruning group 4 for further advice and video guide

Pests

May be susceptible to aphids, capsid bug, hydrangea scale and vine weevil

Diseases

May be susceptible to a leaf spot, grey moulds, powdery mildews and honey fungus