Flowers are ball-shaped or plate-shaped
Always be a special eye-catcher the flowers of the farm hydrangea. Depending on the variety, they are ball-shaped or loosely plate-shaped, with the actual flowers being rather inconspicuous. Sterile show flowers, strictly speaking, they are sepals, which always surround the fertile ones, produce the actual floral splendor. The show blossoms have the sole purpose of attracting the various insects that are supposed to do the pollination.
Flowering begins in June
Farm hydrangeas begin to flower in June or July, depending on the variety, with the flowering period continuing into September or even October reaches in. For a rich bloom, the farm hydrangeas blooming on the wood of the previous year are allowed not cut in spring will. The location must also be chosen so that the flower buds do not freeze to death in late frosts.
Tips & Tricks
In order not to endanger the flower buds that had already formed in the previous year in winter, the actually hardy farm hydrangeas should good frost protection obtain.
