Hydrangea Zone 3 4

Panicle hydrangeas are the most sun tolerant zone 3 hardy hydrangeas.

Hydrangea zone 3 4. Panicle hydrangeas are among the most winter hardy hydrangeas available to gardeners. The most popular is the standard hydrangea petiolaris which is available at most garden centres but some more interesting varieties include a variety known as a firefly not to be confused with the mophead variety. In fact the three varieties we re about to introduce you to are hardy all the way down to usda zone 3. Hydrangea arborescens incrediball incrediball is the new and improved version of annabelle.

One thing many people like about these is that pruning is next to none. Paniculata produces long conical clusters of tiny flowers. See more below bigleaf h. Blooms come in white and shades of pink blue or red.

Pruning hydrangea paniculata is no fail no kidding. They do well in six or more hours of sun. Fertilize your shrub with organic. Hydrangeas in cool climates may benefit from an extra heap of mulch around the plant crown through winter.

Since they bloom off of new wood there is no loss of bud in winter and you can prune them quite harshly in spring and still expect flowers that season. That means they ll brush off temperatures as cold as 40 f c like a champ. Invincibelle spirit is a medium sized hydrangea eventually reaching 3 4 high and wide. Most are very hardy.

Asian varieties prefer acid soil. Hydrangea serrata blue deckle is a dwarf lacecap type that will thrive in the dappled sunlight of tall deciduous trees in zone 6 and warmer gardens. Depends very much on variety h arborescens may need winter protection if the temperature falls below 0 hardiness. Most hydrangeas need 3 4 hours of sunlight to flower well.

This late blooming type that peaks in july and august has more in store for you when autumn arrives since the brilliant red and purple leaves rival any fall foliage display sought by leaf peepers. Long lived this deciduous shrub grows 20inches 8ft high and across. Annabelle hydrangeas prefer light shade with about 4 6 hours of sun a day. Most widely grown are aptly named mophead and lacecap varieties of hydrangea macrophylla.

The most common garden hydrangea shrub is the bigleaf variety hydrangea macrophylla. Annabelle was discovered in anna illinois in 1910 though lovely annabelle s blossoms tend to flop giving the plant a messy appearance. Bear in mind that climbing hydrangeas may take between 3 4 years to get established. Serrata and climbing hydrangeas h.

Should a heavy rainstorm strike an annabelle it looks more like a. Yielding pink mauve or red blooms on. As one of the hardiest species of hydrangeas for zone 4 h. Occasionally new shoots can be damaged by late frosts.

Brightly studded with large globular mushroom headed or broadly conical flowers hydrangeas richly color borders from july to september. Petiolaris are pruned after the flowers fade in the summer.