94+ Cardinal Red Hydrangea

According to michael a. Hydrangea macrophylla kardinal is a reliable hardy deciduous shrub with dark green leaves on strong sturdy stems.

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Hydrangea blooms color can be affected by soil ph. Cardinal red hydrangea is a french type mophead hydrangea that actually produces dark cardinal red flowers with serrated edges on each petal. Pink and red hydrangeas often turn blue or purple in acid soils. Cardinal is a french type mophead hydrangea that acutually produces dark cardinal red flowers with serrated edges on each petal.

According to michael a. Dirr in hydrangeas for american gardens cardinal red aka cardinal has flowers of vibrant red in alkaline soil blue purple in acid soil. Blue hydrangeas can turn pink in alkaline soils. A somewhat acidic 5 5 should turn them blue a more alkaline 6 0 should turn them pink with the effect being more intense the more extreme the ph.

The red stems and red veined leaves are the first indications that this is no ordinary hydrangea. It grows in a wide range of light conditions from full sun to full shade and it brings huge clusters of brilliant red flowers to the summer garden when most other plants have finished flowering. This means that even though it is tempting to cut them back in the winter when they are only bare sticks jutting out of the ground don t do it. Flowers buds form in early summer and blooms will last until early autumn.

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