Sometimes plant breeders give their new varieties completely unfathomable names. While others come up with something that is totally apt. Alex Schoemaker Living Creations® has got it spot on with its new Groundbreaker® hydrangeas, which firmly fit into the second category!
The new hydrangea Groundbreaker® hydrangeas are truly game-changers that redefine what we can expect from this incredibly popular shrub. In recent years, gardeners have fallen back in love with hydrangeas as they realise they are perfect plants for modern, more traditional, cottage garden and seaside gardens. Whatever your gardening style, hydrangeas fit flawlessly. While the rounded blooms of mophead hydrangeas still hit the spot, more and more of us have come to appreciate and fall in love with the cone-shaped blooms of Hydrangea paniculata varieties. And the new hydrangea Groundbreaker®s are the latest stand-out addition to this fabulous group.
What makes Groundbreakers so great? They have been specially bred for their unique low-growing, ground-covering habit, growing wider than high. At just 30-40cm tall, they’ll spread to around 70cm wide. This makes them the perfect choice for the front of beds and borders and they look outstanding when planted in large containers. Grow one as a table centrepiece! Despite their diminutive height, you still get a display that will blow you away. Thanks to their strong branching habit, you have a shrub that is completely covered in those typical paniculata blooms for around 100 days from July to November. They’re tough too. Hardy to -30°C, they need no winter protection and reward you year after year, whether grown in pots, borders, as ground cover or in mass plantings.
Here at Richard Jackson Garden we’ve been given a rare opportunity to offer our customers these new and exciting plants.
We’ve been lucky enough to secure stock of the very first plants to become available of the new ‘Groundbreaker® Ruby’. It’s being launched to the trade next week, so our customers can be among the very first to grow this very exciting and brand new variety. ‘Groundbreaker® Ruby’ produces numerous flower panicles that display a colour gradient throughout the blooming season, ranging from bright white to soft pink to deep pink. In autumn, all the flowers turn a deep pink. But stocks are limited.
Our customers have realised the huge potential and beauty of these plants and we’ve already sold out of the NEW Groundbreaker® Blush, a pinker form of this fabulous plant. Planting these Groundbreaker® hydrangeas in a sunny position in well-drained soil, and pruning between November and April, ensures you’ll be rewarded with a spectacular sea of flowers each and every year. Spectacular and a true groundbreaker!
