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Description

Hydrangea 'Magical Candle' will give a delightful show all summer long, with its voluminous cones of snow-white flowers, packed so densely that they look like an ice-cream cone!

A member of the paniculata family of hydrangeas, their blooms are produced in abundance to give an amazing show in your garden or even in pot on your balcony - so everyone can have a go at growing this beautiful shrub - no excuses!

From August right through to autumn, this hydrangea is constantly in flower, bringing much needed colour to your border, plus the dried flowerheads make great indoor decoration or can be left on the plants to give structure through the winter.

Really easy to grow, and a great plant for beginners and more experienced gardeners alike, it produces its flowers on strong stems which means that the branches won�t bend under the weight and they make great cut flowers too.

Reaching an ultimate height of around 1m high x 1.2m wide, your plant is sent out in a 3 litre pot.

Top Tips

These hydrangeas are not as fussy about soil pH as some of their mophead cousins, but do appreciate a fertile, moist position in a place where they are shaded from the sun for part of the day.

Care Information

Although fully hardy, 'Magical Candle' doesn't like cold winds, and frost may damage young growth in spring, so plant them somewhere sheltered.
Mulching with organic material in spring will help keep the surrounding soil moist and your plant happy in summer.
Easily kept compact by pruning, this will also help produce larger, if fewer, flowers. Pruning is easy: simply cut back last year's side shoots to within 5cm (2in) of the older wood in early spring.

Delivery Information

Our experienced team at the nursery will always carefully package and send your plants nursery fresh in the perfect condition to thrive once you receive and plant them. Although most plants are extremely tough and will not be affected by all but the most extreme of weather conditions, we always avoid dispatching the most perishable plants if extreme frosts or heat is forecast. We also avoid dispatching orders over Bank Holiday weekends.

Please allow us 3-5 working days to dispatch your order. If you have ordered a 'pre-order' item, these will be sent out as soon as possible after the quoted dispatch date and we generally ship your entire order with any pre-ordered items. Once your order has been dispatched, we will send you an email with details on how you can track it.

We send most of our orders via a fully tracked courier service with Yodel. We will send you a tracking link as soon as your order has been dispatched. To avoid perishable items being stuck at depots and deteriorating, we will not require a signature on delivery, and we ask out couriers to leave your item in a safe place ad your delivery address.

*Please note, once your item has been delivered, we cannot be held responsible for loss or theft from your delivery address. If you have delivery instruction and require our courier to leave your item in a specific place, please let us know - there is an option to leave a message for the courier at the checkout.

For smaller and single-item orders, we may send these via the post with Royal Mail - Tracking will not be available for orders sent via this method.

**Please note, we cannot guarantee delivery on a certain day or time. Delivery to outlying postcode areas may take 1-2 days longer, dependent on your location.

For all orders, a small delivery fee of £4.99 will be charged or spend over £49.99 for FREE Delivery!

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