Hydrangea macrophylla Camino

Choose a spot where it will receive morning or late afternoon sun, sheltered from midday sun. You can place it at the base of a wall or in the clear shade of a taller tree. It requires a sunny or semi-shady location depending on the moisture of your soil. It prefers neutral to acidic soil. Plant it in deeply worked soil. A good base fertiliser (horn or dehydrated blood) will promote the growth of your plant and nourish it without risk of burning. If your soil tends to be dry, mix our water retainer, stockosorb, with the soil when filling the planting hole and provide a watering basin on the surface. At the end of summer, leave the dry umbels on the shrub. They will protect the terminal shoots of the branches in winter. You can cut all the dry flowers at the end of February or at the first signs of spring.