Hydrangea Macrophylla 'Forever Blue'
Hydrangea 'Forever Blue' ('You & Me' Series)
Hydrangea can be either deciduous or evergreen. The widely cultivated temperate species are all deciduous. There are numerous named varieties divided into two groups; Hortensias, with rounded flower heads, and the Lacecaps, with flat heads of inner fertile florets surrounded by sterile florets. On alkaline soils, almost all the blue varieties turn pink or red-purple, whilst on acid or neutral soils, the pink varieties turn purple or blue. 'Forever Blue' bears blue flower heads rather like lacecap varieties, but then fill out so they become more like mopheads
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Full sun to partial shade
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Occasional watering
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Full Frost Hardy: 5F (-15°C)
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Moist and rich
Common name
Hydrangea 'Forever Blue' ('You & Me' Series)
Latin name
Hydrangea Macrophylla 'Forever Blue'
type
Flowering Shrub
family
Hydrangeaceae
ph
5.0 - 8.0 Acid - Neutral
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Light
Full sun to partial shade
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Frost
Full Frost Hardy: 5F (-15°C)
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Soil
Moist and rich
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Water
Occasional watering
Plant & bloom calendar
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Best time to plant
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When the plant will bloom
full grown dimensions
1.20 M
1.20 M
Hydrangea Macrophylla 'Forever Blue'
Hydrangea can be either deciduous or evergreen. The widely cultivated temperate species are all deciduous. There are numerous named varieties divided into two groups; Hortensias, with rounded flower heads, and the Lacecaps, with flat heads of inner fertile florets surrounded by sterile florets. On alkaline soils, almost all the blue varieties turn pink or red-purple, whilst on acid or neutral soils, the pink varieties turn purple or blue. 'Forever Blue' bears blue flower heads rather like lacecap varieties, but then fill out so they become more like mopheads
Flowering Season
From Mid Summer TO Late Autumn
Hydrangeas will flower from mid-summer, often through to late autumn. Some varieties bloom earlier, particularly H. petiolaris. The flowers are born on the previous year's growth.
Planting young plants
From Late Autumn TO Early Spring
Plant Hydrangeas in autumn or in early spring in good loamy soil that is moisture retentive and previously enriched with well decayed manure, compost or peat. They are best grown in a sheltered position against a wall or hedge or beneath a canopy of high trees. The tender young shoots are easily damaged by late spring frosts thus they should not be grown in positions where early morning sun after night frost may damage them.
Propagation by layering
From Late Spring TO Mid Summer
Propagation can be done by layering. Choose soft pliable stems that will reach the ground and allow the end of the shoot to be about a 1ft above the ground. On either side of a leaf joint, carefully slice the bark along it before securing it into the ground with wire hooks, or similar, each side of the slice. a hormone rooting powder can be used to help with the rooting. Tie the end of the shoot up carefully so that it grows vertically.
Propagating by cuttings
From Early Summer TO Mid Summer
Semi hard wood cuttings are taken from the current years growth from late summer to mid autumn the bottom of the cuttings is hard and soft on the top. With a sharp knife take a cutting of about 14 cms, remove lowest leaves, dip end into rooting hormone, and place round the edge of a pot filled with a suitable compost, water well, they must remain moist till rooted, place under glass but in semi shade.