'Sweet Marshmallow' Hydrangea Plants

Sweet Marshmallow: Hydrangea Flair & Flavours Range. 5 Litre Pots

Mophead hydrangeas are the most popular garden hydrangeas and come in either flower shades of blue or, as in this case, a beautiful salmon pink. They're rewarding to grow, producing flowers which will last for almost half the year. Lush, dark green leaves. To 1m

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Features

• Pale salmon pink flowers
• Dark green leaves
• Type: Mop head
• Blooms June - October
• Height x Spread: 1m x 1m
• Low maintenance
• Delivered in 5 Litre pots

Growing Sweet Marshmallow Hydrangeas

The Flair & Flavours range are tough, small shrubs that do well in containers. As Reblooming Hydrangeas, they flower on new and old wood.

These hardy Hydrangeas like it cool and moist, so a bit of shade and shelter are preferable to an open sunny situation that tends to get dry in summer, because too much sun and wind tends to damage the foliage. They prefer rich, well-drained soil that has been improved with plenty of compost which the moisture and nutrients that hydrangeas love. Prune out older wood on mature plants in Autumn or late Winter to make way for new growth.

The soil pH can affect the availability of aluminium in the soil, which affects the colour of the flowers. Acidic soil, which is high in available aluminium, turns flowers blue, and lime or alkaline conditions turn them pink (by making the aluminium unavailable).

In Your Garden Design

You can team Hydrangeas together in borders to create a wonderful structure and excellent foundation plants. If you have yew or box hedge to define your boundaries and a bit of space, they would look magnificent when planted in batches of different colours in front, for they would love the shade the hedges cast over them. These salmon pinks are a particularly pretty variety which spice up with Helenium Short 'n' Sassy or partner with Anemone Pretty Lady Emily or September Charm or pair with lots of soft pinks and whites. Other good companion plants to Hydrangeas are hostas, hellebores and azaleas or alongside rhododendrons.