Hydrangea Flair and Flavours®
Plant Details
Part of the Proven Winners® range.
Blackberry Pie: Masses of red purple lace cap flowers with a yellow heart, and dark green foliage, all summer long.
Blackcurrant Muffin: Masses of mop head purple blue flowers all summer long.
Blue Sprinkles: Large lace cap flowers in pale blue with a water lily type look, all summer long.
Blueberry Cheesecake: Masses of purple blue lace-cap flowers with a yellow heart all summer long.
Cotton Candy: Masses of sweet pink lace-cap flowers with a yellow heart all summer long.
Pink Sweethearts: Large lace cap flowers in pale pink with a water lily type look, all summer long.
Raspberry Lemonade: Masses of mop head raspberry red flowers all summer long.
Strawberry n Cream: Masses of strawberry red lace cap flowers with a yellow heart and dark green foliage, all summer long.
Sweet Cupcake: Very floriferous with beautiful full mop head flowers of sweet bright pink all summer long.
Sweet Marshmallow: Very floriferous with beautiful full mop head flowers with a pop blue colour all summer long.
Month Available: July
Evergreen / Deciduous: Deciduous
Flower Colour: Blue
Suitable For Wildlife: Bees
Soil Type: Well-drained
Sun/Shade: Full sun
Season of Interest: Summer
Flower/Foliage/Berries: Flowers
Plant Type: Shrub
Hardy: Fully
Main Attribute: Dwarf and very floriferous
Height / Spread: 100cm x 100cm (3ft 3in x 3ft 3in)
Growing Tips & Additional Information
This variety has blue blooms but if you have alkaline soil, they will turn pink. To keep them blue, you can get aluminium sulphate from any garden centre. Just add this to the soil to retain the blue blooms. Alternatively you can pot them into a patio pot containing ericaceous compost.
Where to Plant: Patio pots, Borders
Pests and Diseases: Aphids, Powdery Mildew.
Plant Care: Cut back by one third in the spring
Care and Time: Low - spring
Warning: Toxic if eaten. May cause a skin allergy.
The fantastic Hydrangea ‘Flair and Flavours’® range consists of several wonderful varieties of Hydrangea that earn their place in the garden due to their sweet coloured flowers and unique quality of flowering every year throughout the summer on new and existing branches – hence the term, “Reblooming Hydrangea”
Benefits: The plants have a wonderful compact habit and beautiful big flowers from June to October. They have been specially selected for their hardiness, and require very little maintenance
History: These Hydrangea are part of the Proven Winners brand which means they have been tried and tested. They are easy to care for, bright & colourful, have a long flowering period.
EU Rights: EU Plant Variety Rights apply. Propagation without a license is illegal.