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Strawberry Vanilla Hydrangea, with its delicate pink and white blooms, is a stunning addition to any garden or landscape. However, cultivating and nurturing this beautiful flowering shrub into a full-fledged hydrangea tree requires careful attention and care. From selecting the right location to providing optimal growing conditions, understanding how to grow and care for a Strawberry Vanilla Hydrangea is essential for achieving spectacular blossoms.
Growing and caring for a Strawberry Vanilla Hydrangea involves several key steps to ensure its health and vigor. Here’s a step-by-step guide on how to grow and care for a Strawberry Vanilla Hydrangea:
Hydrangea ‘Vanilla Strawberry’ (Hydrangea paniculata ‘Renhy’) has taken the gardening world by storm because of its beautiful, full blooms that start out a creamy white in mid-summer, and mature to a rich strawberry-pink color.
“Vanilla Strawberry” hydrangea blooms from summer through early fall. The bloom on each stalk is made up of multiple flowers clustered together. Each cluster of flowers is called an inflorescence. The inflorescence grow in a pyramid shape 8 inches long. The individual flowers are white when they first appear in summer and turn pink as the summer progresses, gradually turning red. “Vanilla Strawberry” hydrangea flowers are well suited as cut flowers. To save these showy blooms through the winter, cut and dry the flowers in fall.
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