{"product_id":"hydrangea-hydrangeoides-concolor-moonlight","title":"Hydrangea hydrangeoides f. concolor 'Moonlight'","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHydrangea hydrangeoides f. concolor 'Moonlight'\u003c\/strong\u003e, still widely sold as Schizophragma hydrangeoides 'Moonlight', is the silver-leaved form of the Japanese hydrangea vine. Each heart-shaped leaf is washed with a silvery blue-green sheen and etched with dark green veins, so the plant looks good from the moment it leafs out in spring. In midsummer it carries flat, lacecap-style heads of small creamy flowers, each ringed with large white bracts that hang like petals, and the foliage picks up orange and yellow tints before it drops in autumn.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHardiness and seasons.\u003c\/strong\u003e This is a fully hardy, deciduous, self-clinging climber rated H5, so it stands up to severe winters across most of the UK. It is bare through winter, leafs out in spring, flowers from around July into August and \u003ca href=\"\/pages\/hardy-exotics-what-to-expect\"\u003ecolours in autumn\u003c\/a\u003e. It holds the RHS Award of Garden Merit.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHow and where to grow.\u003c\/strong\u003e Give it a wall, fence or tree trunk to climb: it clings with aerial roots and needs no wires once it has taken hold. It grows in full sun or partial shade and is one of the best climbers for a \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/plants-for-shade\"\u003enorth or east facing wall\u003c\/a\u003e, where the silver leaves show to full effect. It is happy on chalk, clay, loam or sand as long as the soil is fertile, moist and well drained, and it copes with exposed or sheltered positions. It is slow to get going for the first year or two, then vigorous, reaching 8 to 12m in time, so allow plenty of room.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUsing it in the garden.\u003c\/strong\u003e Use 'Moonlight' to clothe a shaded house wall, a bare fence or a mature tree with a \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/screening-plants\"\u003ecurtain of silvery foliage\u003c\/a\u003e. It pairs beautifully with \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/hardy-ferns\"\u003eferns\u003c\/a\u003e, hostas and other shade lovers at its feet, and the white summer flowers light up a dim corner. It also grows well in a \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/plants-for-pots\"\u003elarge container\u003c\/a\u003e against a wall if kept watered.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"GROW TROPICALS","offers":[{"title":"17cm \/ 2L","offer_id":58254023459199,"sku":"SCHIHYDRMOON17","price":25.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0361\/9645\/0348\/files\/moonlight.jpg?v=1787853358","url":"https:\/\/growtropicals.com\/products\/hydrangea-hydrangeoides-concolor-moonlight","provider":"GrowTropicals","version":"1.0","type":"link"}