Magical Revolution hydrangea: small flowers in changing heads

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Many small flowers form a head

Magical Revolution stands out through many small decorative flowers in rounded heads. Broad toothed leaves sit below on compact shrub. Hokomarevo is independently evidenced cultivar, Magical Revolution its trade name. Breeder presents blue and pink together as colours of same selection. Linked shop offer is blue. Young green buds beside blue heads and later changed colours belong to annual cycle; a photograph captures only one moment.

Compact guides rather than imposing a centimetre ceiling

Delivery specifies twenty-three-centimetre pot and about fifty-five centimetres total height including pot. Breeder gives compact culture up to about eighty centimetres; RHS places developed garden plants at one to one-and-a-half metres. They refer to different development and conditions. Allow spare room rather than treating eighty centimetres as unchangeable limit. Flowering and visible height change with pruning and annual phase. Lift by pot and check roots before choosing lasting position.

Morning light, less afternoon heat

Bright partial shade or gentle sun with reliably moist soil suits this compact shrub. Windy balcony leaves and heads may lose much water while dark container warms. Choose shelter with accessible soil checks. Humus-rich moisture-holding draining mixture and free outlet belong together. About one metre spacing guides garden beds, accounting for later habit and care access. Adequate room for developed roots matters more in pots than initial compact outline.

Blue also depends on roots

Soil reaction and available aluminium compounds influence colour of blue or pink mopheads. To continue blue as far as possible use suitable acidic hydrangea soil and preferably rainwater. Adequate supply still takes priority over ideal water during shortage. A blue purchase does not guarantee identical lifetime colour in arbitrary soil. Later greenish and reddish head ageing also belongs to selection. Avoid random additives; appropriate colour treatments only by instructions with suitable soil.

Do not overlook original roots

Plant in spring or autumn mild weather in frost-free workable soil at original surface height. Avoid waterlogging and hot dry ground. Water beforehand as needed and thoroughly afterwards. Particularly check original ball in following weeks even when surrounding soil looks moist. Heads and leaves may intercept rain. Water soil below foliage as needed and let it escape. Pots need more frequent checks; rigid timing ignoring weather and moisture is unreliable.

Keep flower-capable structure when cutting

Round heads may remain over winter. In spring remove old heads to first strong healthy bud pair below when buds and possible frost damage are clear. Strong annual cutting as for some panicle hydrangeas does not automatically suit this mophead; it may remove previous-year flowering structure. Selectively remove individual very old basal wood from established older shrubs. Small delivery plant needs no radical shaping plan. Check live wood after late frost rather than shortening whole shrub preventively.

Observe colour, maintain reliable supply

Breeder describes darker reddish age colours over months. Weather, flower age and culture determine actual change and decorative duration; no guaranteed months-long flowering condition follows. Feed by actual need and label; good garden soil and limited containers start differently. Shrub loses leaves in winter while roots are still checked on frost-free days. Pots need protection from severe cold and waterlogging. Gloves are useful; leaves and flowers are inedible and belong beyond children and pets.

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