Hydrangea macrophylla Soft Pink Salsa

The Hydrangea macrophylla 'Soft Pink Salsa' is part of a new series of hydrangeas developed in Denmark called 'Music Collection'. It is a compact plant with exceptionally long flowering, offering large flowers in magnificent tones. In the 'Soft Pink Salsa' variety, the florets tightly packed on beautiful heads display various shades of pale green, cream and pastel pink. This romantic and generous flowering repeats throughout the summer for 3 months. The bush displays a nice, dense, rounded habit that will have a striking effect in the garden or pot. The flowers are sublime in bouquets.

The Hydrangea macrophylla 'Soft Pink Salsa' is one of many hybrids obtained by cross-breeding the species H. macrophylla and H. aspera, among others. All these hardy plants belong to the Hydrangeaceae family and are native to China and Japan. This bush is barely taller than it is wide, reaching 1.50 m (4 ft 11 in) in height and approximately 1.40 m (4 ft 7 in) in width. From July to September, it produces many large, dense and hemispherical flower heads 17 to 20 cm (6.7 to 7.9 in) in diameter, composed of many decorative fertile flowers and very few insignificant fertile florets. This flowering, which forms on one-year-old wood, spreads over dark green deciduous leaves, which fall in autumn. The leaves are opposite; they reach a minimum of ten centimetres in length. They are single, ovate to elliptical, ending in a pointed tip, dentate. Hydrangeas can live at least 50 years. 

The Hydrangea 'Soft Pink Salsa' brings a beautiful touch of romanticism and tenderness to the semi-shaded areas of the garden or terrace. The hydrangeas are well known for brightening up the north side of houses. This variety will be happy in an east-facing position, in the morning sun or north, in beds and hedges. This variety is suited to growing in the ground and large containers, which can be placed on the terrace or near the entrance of a property. Even though hydrangeas are not fond of limestone, they are not strictly ericaceous plants. Pair them with magellanica fuchsias, with lilies, or plant spring-flowering bulbs in front of their round silhouette. Enjoy their sumptuous and long-lasting flowering in the garden or the house.