Hydrangea Mophead Ayesha Hedging

Hydrangea macrophylla Ayesha

This is a well loved older Hydrangea with its upright heads of characteristic baby blue cup shaped florets opening from mid Summer, the flowers carry just a touch of fragrance and are good for cutting. Hydrangea Ayesha is a bushy growing deciduous shrub of 150cm tall and wide when mature.

Hydrangea Ayesha is easy to grow in sun or partial shade, they prefer a rich moisture retaining soil that doesnt dry out too much in Summer, thinnner and lighter soils would benefit from a good amount of organic matter being well mixed in the hole at planting time and these glorious shrubs enjoy a good mulch being applied during Spring to get the best from them, this is especially the case for younger plants. Prune the old flower heads off in spring, reducing the plants back to a strong bud and removing any weak or crossing stems. We recommend adding Rootgrow when planting all Hydrangeas to give them the best start.

Blue Flowered Hydrangea information – the colour of the flowers depends on you soil pH, soil needs to be acidic (pH less than 7) for them to be blue:

Soil pH above 7 (alkaline) Blue Hydrangea cultivars will have pink flowers
Soil pH at 7 (neutral) Blue Hydrangeas will have pink/lilac/mauve flowers
Soil pH under 7 (acidic) Blue Hydrangeas will have blue flowers.

You can add blueing powder (aluminium salts) to alkaline soils which may help although planting white or pink varieties may be a better solution.


How to grow Hydrangea Ayesha

Position: Full sun, partial shade.
Foliage: Deciduous shrub, leaves drop from the plant in Autumn and fresh new ones emerge in Spring.
Soil and site: Any good soil that retains moisture in Summer, Hydrangeas dont like to be dry.
Flowering time: July to September
Growth rate: moderate
Ultimate height and spread:  150cm high x 150cm wide.
Hardiness:  Fully hardy.
Aftercare: Water regularly after planting and for the first season. Prune and mulch in Spring.

 

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Potted Hedging

We deliver these plants to you in the pots they are grown in, because there is no root disturbance they can delivered and planted all year round with excellent results.

Hydrangea Mophead Ayesha Potted Hedging 8/12in 20/30cm

  • in 3 litre pots

  • Plant(s) per metre: 2-3
  • Minimum order quantity: 1

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