Shooting Star Hydrangea Pink
The delicate nodding blooms of white to pink petals seem to fly upward and away from the pointed red and yellow flower center resembling a shooting star.
Shooting star hydrangea pink. Hydrangeas turn blue in acid soil and pink in alkaline soil. The distinctive black stems provide interest in the garden before the summer flowers open. In yet another triumph of hope over experience i picked up a lovely shooting star hydrangea at the grocery store earlier this summer. Line your front steps with pots of bright blue hydrangeas for a cheery welcome.
Bring the garden indoors with a novel hydrangea coaxed to perform indoors. At present our information about. An excellent summer color item in mixed borders. The performance features weeks of white tinged blue starlets within stars shooting from a flurry of central blue lacecaps.
A spring blooming prairie ephemeral dodecatheon meadia goes completely dormant in late summer. Shooting star is by far the longest lasting of all lace cap hydrangea varieties and suitable for the outdoors in many regions. Join the rhs. Loving care was.
I brought it home where predictably it began to wither within the first few days. It had an alluring big head of mixed sterile and fertile flowers with plump star shaped blooms shooting in all directions from the main flowerheads. Look for the darkly hued spots caused by the fungal disease cercospora leaf spot which typically appear on. Pink purple green.
Monitor shooting star hydrangeas for common disease problems such as leaf spot disease. For more information on growing hydrangeas click growing guide. Why are there no more details. Mac hanabi fireworks and is sometimes listed as sumida no hanabi fireworks of sumida developed as an indoor potted plant for the florist market.
Fall transplanting is best but early spring planting is also fine. This plant is listed in the rhs plant finder book. Each of its double flowers is shaped like a star within a star and holds its white color for four to six weeks before maturing into a greenish hue which lasts another four to six weeks. Our hydrangea ships in a gray basket that measures 8 wide by 7 tall.
The new shooting star lace cap hydrangea enhances seasonal decorations even more. To change your hydrangea s color to blue add 1 2 cup of garden sulfur to the soil and to turn them pink add garden lime. Hydrangea macrophylla shooting star pbr l join the rhs today and get 12 months for the price of 9. Find help information on hydrangea macrophylla shooting star pbr l from the rhs search.
Large bright lace cap flowers emerge pink and white and mature to hot pink atop black satin stems. Listed in the rhs plant finder. Performs better with part shade in warmer regions.