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Hydrangea macrophylla 'Blue Bonnet'

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A strong, deciduous shrub to around 150cm in height, with coarsley toothed dark green foliage and intense blue mophead flower heads on acidic soil from mid to late summer

Scientific classification

Species: Hydrangea macrophylla 'Blue Bonnet' (Hydrangea macrophylla 'Blue Bonnet')
Genus: Hydrangea
Family: Hydrangeaceae

Skin allergen. Wear gloves and other protective equipment when handling
Toxicity: Shrubs
Plant type: 1-1.5 metres
Height: 1-1.5 metres
Spread: Deciduous
Foliage: Bushy
Habit: Spring · Summer · Autumn
Season of interest: Partial shade
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Distribution of Hydrangea macrophylla 'Blue Bonnet'

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Culture

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Toxicity

Skin allergen. Wear gloves and other protective equipment when handling

Quick identification of Hydrangea macrophylla 'Blue Bonnet'

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Hydrangea macrophylla 'Blue Bonnet' care guide

Maintain evenly moist soil, avoid full dryness and standing water
Watering: Partial shade
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Watering

Maintain evenly moist soil, avoid full dryness and standing water

Fertilizing

Apply balanced liquid fertilizer biweekly through spring and summer

Pruning

Use the method for the hydrangea type: remove faded mophead flowers to the first healthy bud pair; paniculata and arborescens may have last year's stems shortened to healthy bud pairs. Climbing hydrangeas need overlong shoots trimmed after flowering. Most types are pruned in late winter or early spring; climbing hydrangeas are pruned after flowering in summer.

Propagation

Propagate by softwood cuttings in early summer or hardwood cuttings in winter

Growing

Grow in any moist but well-drained soil in partial shade or grow in sun if soil remains reliably moist. See shrubby hydrangea cultivation for further advice

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