Hydrangea macrophylla 'Klaveren'
Family - Hydrangeaceae
Category - Shrub
Season of Interest - Summer, Autumn
Hardiness - H5
Height - 1.5m
Location - The Woodland Walk
Description: Medium-sized Deciduous Shrub with a bushy habit and dark green, ovate leaves. Lacecap flowerheads have a central cluster of small, lavender-blue, fertile flowers, surrounded by a ring of larger, showy, rose-pink sterile florets. Flowers are produced from midsummer into autumn and are good for use as cut flowers and drying. On soils with a pH of 5.5 or less, the flowers will be blue instead of pink.
Award of Garden Merit (AGM).
Flower:
Lacecap-like corymbs with a central cluster of small, lavender-blue fertile florets surrounded by a ring of showy, rose-pink, sterile florets are produced from July into September. Flowers will be blue in a more acidic soil.
Flower colour: Pink
Flower shape: Flattened corymbs
Flowering time: July, August, September
Foliage:
Dark green, ovate to Elliptic leaves have Dentate margins.
Foliage Senescence: Deciduous
Foliage Shape: Ovate
Poison Information:
This plant may cause discomfort in ingested.
Propagation:
Cuttings.
Cultivation:
Best in full sun to partial shade in fertile, moisture retentive, but well drained soil.