Seedlings of panicled hydrangea PINK DIAMOND, Chameleon, Anabel pot, Dnipropetrovsk region.

Hydrangea paniculata Pink Diamond is a shrub with a height and crown diameter of about 2 m with straight, almost unbranched branches branches, bright red-brown young shoots and oblong, dense dark green, rough, finely toothed leaves. Blooms from July to September. Inflorescences are numerous, conical or pyramidal, not very wide at the base, rather loose. They consist of flowers of both types. Sterile flowers are large, creamy white at first, then bloom, then turn dark pink.
Optimum growing conditions: light-loving, tolerates half-light. Prefers fertile, humus, moistened, loose soils. It adapts well to the soil conditions of cultivation. Compatible with soils of different granulometric composition and acidity. It reacts poorly to the presence of lime in the soil.
Hydrangea Chameleon (Чамелеон) is a decorative flowering shrub with globular inflorescences about 15-17 cm long. A compact shrub with upright shoots 100 to 150 cm high and 100-150 cm in diameter. The flowering of large-leaved hydrangea Chameleon occurs mainly on woody, last year's shoots, and buds are planted on new grassy shoots in the fall for next-hour flowering.
Numerous inflorescences, consisting of small bright pink flowers, bloom on the tops of the shoots and look very impressive against the background of bright green foliage. During prolonged flowering, the color scheme of the flowers of the Chameleon garden hydrangea smoothly changes from light green to pink or red-pink, purple or blue tones. The color range of flowers and their saturation directly depends on the acidity of the soil. On ordinary, neutral soil, the flowers are pink, with increased acidity, the presence of aluminum or iron ions, the color changes to violet - blue. The higher the acidity, the darker the color scheme of the inflorescence. I use this unusual fact, you can arrange a firework of colors yourself by acidifying the hydrangea soil with solutions of aluminum potassium alum or iron sulfate, of different concentrations and in different places of the root system of the bush once every 2 weeks.
Flowering: long and abundant, from June to September, but it can be longer.
Bush: compact with upright shoots, height from 100 to 150 cm and diameter up to 100-150 cm.
Diameter of inflorescence: about 15-18 cm.
Flowers: delicate, light pink or violet-blue color.
High frost resistance: not very high up to — (-20 ° C -18 ° C). Therefore, it requires shelter (like roses) for the winter so that the flower buds do not freeze.(//tractor-service.com)
Hydrangea Anabel is one of the most popular varieties of hydrangeas. Unpretentious in cultivation and care, decorative and frost-resistant variety. It enjoys success among gardeners due to the compact size of the bush and huge inflorescences in the form of caps. Hydrangea is very easy to care for, the main thing is to remember a few simple rules and stick to them.
Height/width: an adult bush reaches a height of 1.6-1.8 m and grows strongly in width.
Crown diameter: can reach 3-6 m.
The shape of the bush: this is the most common and well-known variety.
Leaves: large, on petioles, oval-shaped, with a jagged edge, shiny, light green, turn yellowish-green in autumn, can reach 30 cm in length.
Flowering time: from June to September. Large shield-shaped inflorescences with a diameter of 20-30 cm. It can reach 50 cm, with high-quality and timely feeding.
Flower color: the shrub is decorative, unpretentious and hardy. Flowering every hour. The snow-white color is flowery.

Features: a mandatory condition for hydrangea Anabel is annual and strong pruning. If this is not done, the inflorescences will be very small. Pruning is carried out annually at the end of March-beginning of April. Cut shoots can be used as cuttings.
Place and soil: light-loving, shade-tolerant. Loves moistened, rich, acidified soils, does not tolerate stagnation of moisture and calcareous soils.