Purple Hydrangea Varieties
Mophead types have spherical flower heads while lacecaps open flattened blooms with tiny central flowers ringed with a row of traditional looking hydrangea blossoms.
Purple Hydrangea Varieties Herunterladen. Bigleaf is america s favorite hydrangea. In general mophead and lacecap leaves are relatively thick and crisp somewhat shiny and often heart shaped. These shrubs can reach a height and width of 7 feet with clusters of blooms that are either pink or blue depending on the ph level of the soil.
They come in enticing shades of white cream pink blue and purple and in lacecap and oakleaf shapes as well as the familiar mophead. They thrive in u s department of agriculture plant hardiness zones 6 through 9 and the long lasting flowers typically come in rich blue and pink hues. In the fall the leaves turn red and orange.
Mophead hydrangeas these are the most popular bigleaf hydrangea. Lacecap oak leaf and large leafed hydrangeas bring diverse texture and form to the summer landscape. Many recognize these due to their large flower heads that are purple blue and pink.
Most purple hydrangea varieties fall into the french or bigleaf group hydrangea macrophylla this group divides the plants into two categories based on flower form. In containers or in the ground few plants give gardeners the same bang for their buck as the hydrangea. They can show off in gardens or containers and because they tolerate both wind and salt make an ideal choice for the seaside summer.