Didžialapė hortenzija – Hydrangea macrophylla

Didžialapė hortenzija

PLANT NAME
Lithuanian plant name	Didžialapė hortenzija
Latin plant name	Hydrangea macrophylla (Thunb.ex Murray) Ser.
English plant name	Hydrangea
TYPE OF PARTERRE	Borders Flowerbed, parterres Pods Groups Cemetery Wild plant parterre Solitaire Combination with woody plants Clump, beds (mixborder)
ASSORTMENT	main
GROWING PLACE CHARACTERISTICS
Soil	average wet soils
Lighting	Heliophilous
Spacing, cm	From 40 to 50
PLANT HEIGHT AND HABITUS
Height	middle height – 41- 60 cm tall - 61-80 cm
Habitus	flower with expressive habitus, for design as accent
PLANTS ORNAMENTALITY
Leaf color	green
Blossom color	white red, red tints violet blue, blue tints
Blooming time	1-st half of the summer - June 2-nd decade- July 2-nd decade 2-nd half of the summer - July Third Decade - August
Blooming period	3 months
General ornamentality	very decorative
Ornamentality duration, months	6
Group	short-lived perennial (grown 2-4 years)
Bioecological group	No hardy perennials
PLANT PROPAGATION
Propagation methods: cuttings, scrub division. Propagated by scrub division in early Spring. Cuttings are taken between May and June; planted in hotbeds. Parent plants are stored indoors between February and March. Herbaceous cuttings are taken from them during this period.