Hydrangea macrophylla 'Nigra'
Family - Hydrangeaceae
Category - Shrub
Season of Interest - Spring, Summer, Autumn
Hardiness - H5
Height - 1.5m or more
Width - 1m
Location - The Cool Garden
Description: A small Deciduous Shrub with an upright habit. Leathery dark green leaves are ovate to Elliptic in shape with pointed tips and coarsely toothed margins. Rounded, mophead hydrangea flowers are composed of many sterile florets that will be pale mauve-pink on alkaline soils and blue on acidic soils. (The flowers are pink at Malverleys.) The florets are held in Corymbs atop striking, distinctive black stems and produced from mid-summer into mid-autumn.
Flower:
Rounded mophead (hortensia) hydrangea flowers are composed of many sterile florets that will be mauve-pink on alkaline soils and blue on acidic soils. The florets are held in corymbs on the black stems and are produced from July into October. Flowers are produced on the previous year's growth.
Flower colour: Pink or blue
Flower shape: Mophead flowers, sterile florets in rounded corymbs
Flowering time: July, August, September, October
Foliage:
Leathery dark green leaves are ovate to Elliptic in shape with pointed tips and Dentate margins. The leaves are held in opposite pairs on striking black stems.
Foliage Senescence: Deciduous
Foliage Shape: Ovate to elliptic
Poison Information:
This plant may cause discomfort if ingested.
Propagation:
Cuttings.
Cultivation:
Best in full sun to partial shade in fertile, moisture-retentive soil that is well-drained.