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| Seeking a name, I am. For this plant, it is!
The top pic is actually taken in shade even though it appears bright. For the other two pics, I had to put a sunglass in front of the lens to get more detail and color. The flowers start out white and turn pink. They grow out from around the groups of buds. The small buds then open into tiny white flowers with lots of small fine stamens sticking up. There were two of these plants in the front yard, which gets the hot afternoon sun, but neither ever did much, a few stick-like stems with a few small leaves on them. One finally disappeared altogether and I decided to move this one to the back, where it gets shaded after 2-3pm, when I was digging out and breaking up irises and daffodils to spread around elsewhere. It did well last year when we got a LOT of rain but never had any flowers. This year, I've noticed it needs a lot of water to keep the flowers from withering and leaves from burning. I'm assuming that it should be placed where it is shaded all the time. Thank you to anyone who can identify this plant. |
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| Compare your plant to Lacecap Hydrangea. |
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- Posted by FlowerPot99 none (My Page) on Sun, Jun 24, 12 at 14:39
| Thank you very much. It appears to definitely be a lacecap. Apparenly, there are not only many varieties of Hydrangeas but also different varieties of lacecaps. I found a pic of one very similar except that the small center buds were purple and white while these remain pure white - and the pic was labeled "unknown variety". Unfortunately, I also read that lacecaps can't be pruned after July or there likely won't be any flowers the following year. Which means chopping off this year's flowers. Not really a problem here yet, though I suppose some branches could be cut back in alternating fashion to maintain flowering if it became necessary. |
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- Posted by FlowerPot99 none (My Page) on Sun, Jun 24, 12 at 16:24
| Would "Hoveria Hobella" be a variety name, or is that just another name for Hydrangea? The link below is nearly identical to the flowers before they open to a full four petals except, once again, they have some pinkish/purplish small buds in the center instead of pure white. I also learned that the color of Hydrangeas can be altered depending on the ph of the soil - anywhere from white to pink to purple to pure blue - so that may be the only difference. http://www.devinenurseriesonline.co.uk/hydrangea-hovaria-hobella-62-p. asp |
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