Happy Hydrangea Presentation Bloom! Garden Center August 29, 2015 at 2:00-2:45 pm. Our slideshow outline for our presentation this saturday.

1. Happy
Hydrangea
Bloom! Garden Center ● 1885 Baker Rd, Dexter, Michigan ● Bloom-Gardens.com

2. About Us
Bloom! Garden Center
Organic Products
Sustainable Green Practices
Knowledgeable Staff
Community Based

3. There are three main types of
hydrangea
Macrophylla
Panicle
Oakleaf

4. Each type has
completely different
growing conditions

5. Macrophylla Hydrangea
 Big fleshy leaves
 Come in varying shades of pink and blue
 Shade loving

6. Panicle Hydrangea
 Cone shaped flowers
 Oval shaped leaves
 Flowers: green/white to white/pink
 Take full sun to part shade
 Hardy

7. Oakleaf Hydrangea
 Oak shaped leaf
 Cone Shaped flowers
 Most common varieties grow up to 10 feet tall
 Beautiful red Fall color
 Full sun (not hot full sun) to part sun
 Can be sensitive to exposed winter weather conditions.

8. One other type…
Aborescens or “Ball Hydrangea”
 Large round white balls
 Big round leaves
 Like sun to partial shade

9. Key to success:
Knowing your the growing conditions
Full sun
8 or more hours of light
South or West Exposure
Part sun
6-4 hours of sun
It is easy to confuse shade with part sun
Shade
3 hours or less.
If there is hardy any sun, you may not get as many flowers

10. Key to Success:
Sleep, Creep, and
Leap

11. Key to Success:
 Water!!
Hydrangea: Greek "hydor," meaning water, and "angos," meaning jar or vessel.

12. Key to Success:
Strong Soil

13. Hydrangea Problem #1:
Why won’t my
hydrangea flower?

14. Hydrangea Problem #2:
Why won’t my
hydrangea turn
blue?

15. Hydrangea Problem #3
I bought two
hydrangeas, but one
isn’t doing so well…

16. Pruning your
hydrangea

17. Fertilizing your
hydrangea

18. Using hydrangea
flowers for cut
flowers

19. Questions?