AT A GLANCE
Hydrangeas need little sun and also thrive well in a shady bed. However, if it is a location in the absolute shade, you should choose a correspondingly robust variety. In full shade, the fertilization of your hydrangeas plays a particularly important role.
What is a shade bed?
Shady places on house walls or under large and dense trees are often neglected in gardens. However, these places can also be made attractive with a selected planting. When planning, it is important to only select plants that also thrive in the shade and get along with little sun. There are a lot more of them than you think, the hydrangea is a good example.
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Which hydrangeas are particularly suitable for shade beds?
All hydrangeas come along relatively well The shade rightly so, but some varieties are particularly well suited for very shady locations. These include:
- peasant hydrangeas
- snowball hydrangeas
- climbing hydrangeas
With partially shaded locations, for example for a
Underplanting under trees with relatively light shade, all hydrangea varieties are equally suitable.What can I combine hydrangeas with in the shade bed?
Good additions to hydrangeas in the shade bed are hostas and ferns. With this plant combination, you bring lively variety to the design of the structures and shapes of the bed.
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Fertilizing hydrangeas is also important in the shade
In the shade, the hydrangeas can carry out less photosynthesis than in a sunny location. It is therefore particularly important here to prevent chlorosis by magnesium deficiency prevents.