Hydrangea macrophylla
French hydrangea, Chinese sweetleaf, Hydrangea, Hortensia, Lacecap Hydrangea, Bigleaf Hydrangea, Common Hydrangea, Mophead Hydrangea, Christmas flower, Penny Mac, Pōpōhau, Hydrangea macrophylla
Description
A medium-sized deciduous shrub, growing up to 2.5 metres tall. With a compact, globular habit, it has broad leaves, often dark green in colour, which enhance the visual impact of its elegant and colourful summer corymb-like inflorescences. Suitable for use in gardens, in flowerbeds and borders, as well as on terraces, in large pots and planters, and in combination with other ornamental plants. It prefers a cool climate, watering that prevents waterlogging, and regular but balanced fertilisation.
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Magnoliophyta
- Class
- Angiospermae
- Order
- Cornales
- Family
- Hydrangeaceae
- Genus
- Hydrangea
- Species
- Hydrangea macrophylla
Synonyms (22)
- Hortensia japonica
- Hortensia macrophylla
- Hortensia mutabilis
- Hortensia nigra
- Hortensia opuloides
- Hortensia rosea
- Hortensia speciosa
- Hydrangea azisai
- Hydrangea cyanoclada
- Hydrangea florida
- Hydrangea hortensis
- Hydrangea macrocephala
- Hydrangea mandshurica
- Hydrangea maritima
- Hydrangea mutabilis
- Hydrangea nigra
- Hydrangea opuloides
- Hydrangea otaksa
- Hydrangea sieboldii
- Macnemaraea opulina
- Primula mutabilis
- Viburnum macrophyllum
