Lacecap Hydrangea

Laceheads prefer a part sun part shade location. With proper care your lacecap hydrangea can grow up to 6 feet tall and wide.

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Lacecap hydrangea

Regular pruning is optional but regular irrigation is critical. Lacecap hydrangeas are a lesser well known cousin of the common mophead big leaf hydrangea hydrangea macrophylla. Rich well draining soil and adequate irrigation.

A site with morning sun and afternoon shade is ideal. If you plant lacecaps in an appropriate location you ll find that care for lacecap hydrangeas is quite easy. Mopheads and lacecaps are both big leaf hydrangea sharing the same basic form foliage and care requirements but differ in the style of their flower heads.

The lacecap hydrangeas are also referred to as bigleaf hydrangeas because as the name implies they have rather large leaves but they also have attractive flower clusters that are blue and pink with edged flowers around the center. Hydrangea serrata bluebird sku 4203 spectacular lace cap bloom has a ring of sea blue sterile florets surrounding a large cluster of rich blue fertile flowers. Lacecap hydrangea hydrangea macrophylla also known as big leaf hydrangea produces large attractive blue or pink flower clusters and large jagged edged leaves.

A lacecap is a hydrangea macrophylla like the mophead variety and its growing requirements are the same. The 1 resource online for hydrangeas. The flat to slightly domed flower heads have many smaller florets in the center and showier florets around the edges creating a lacy appearance.

Lacecap hydrangeas stand out with flower clusters of small fertile florets with scattered showy sterile florets forming a ring. Lacecap hydrangeas aptly named lacecap hydrangeas present their blooms in a delicate way.

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