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Plant: Pistachio - Hydrangea
Hydrangea · Hydrangea macrophylla 'Pistachio'
Size: 3 gal
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More about this plant
A bigleaf hydrangea whose mophead blooms open green with pink or red accents and age toward pink, violet or scarlet as the season goes on. It forms a rounded deciduous shrub with large green leaves and is hardy in zones 5 to 9. Grow it in morning sun or filtered light with moist, well-drained soil in a border, foundation planting or container.
- Part Shade
- Grows to 8 ft tall and 8 ft wide
- Blooms in summer
- Hardy in USDA zones 5-9
- Deciduous foliage
Plant description
A bigleaf hydrangea whose mophead blooms open green with pink or red accents and age toward pink, violet or scarlet as the season goes on. It forms a rounded deciduous shrub with large green leaves and is hardy in zones 5 to 9. Grow it in morning sun or filtered light with moist, well-drained soil in a border, foundation planting or container.
- Flowers
- Blooms open green with pink or red accents and mature to pink, violet or scarlet with blue centers.
- Foliage
- Simple, opposite leaves, obovate to elliptic with a short pointed tip and coarsely toothed edges, 4 to 8 inches long, fleshy and glossy.
- Fruit
- Small cup-like capsules, displayed in fall.
- Bark & stems
- Light brown to tan stems with large leaf scars; the stems emerge from the ground and rarely branch.
- Light
- Morning Sun, Dappled/Filtered Light
- Pruning
- Do any pruning before August 1.
- Native range
- Japan, China, Korea and Southeast Asia
