Most common is the H. macrophylla, also called bigleaf, French, or florist's hydrangea, which blooms in early to midsummer with pink, white or blue blossoms.
Riparian gallery forests containing ash, black cottonwood, alder, and bigleaf maple once grew on its fertile, alluvial soils but most have been replaced by agriculture and rural residential, suburban, and urban development. ❋ Unknown (2009)
Olympia is a charming little city in the Pacific Northwest, set on rolling hills surrounded by forests of Douglas-fir, bigleaf maple and red cedar - a pretty, speckled egg resting in a nest of twigs. ❋ Unknown (2008)
A ginko, and a California buckeye, to begin with, and in the back a bigleaf maple, a fig, and a toyon. ❋ Readersguide (2006)
The house was nearly cloaked behind bigleaf maples with bright yellow leaves, their trunks wrapped in twisting ferns and vines. ❋ Tananarive Due (2003)
Chestnut splashed through the shallow creek to the other side, and the evergreens gave way to red alders and bigleaf maples, and then to a small clearing. ❋ Tananarive Due (2003)
Plant these beauties along a large stand of trees -- bigleaf hydrangeas grow well in the shade in most areas of the United States; however, too much shade can result in great leaves and no flowers. ❋ Sara Busse (2010)
The flowers on the bigleaf maple start to show up when the tree is about 10 years old, but trees growing in an open area start to produce flowers earlier and also produce more flowers. ❋ Unknown (2010)
For leaf color, a ride through Samuel P. Taylor State Park in Marin County will convince anyone of the virtues of bigleaf maples' bold gold-star leaves, even in the shade of redwoods. ❋ [email protected] (Joe Eaton (2010)
"Trees account for the vast bulk of wild plants in trade, yet only three commercially important timber species are listed on CITES, of which bigleaf mahogany is the most valuable," said Colman O'Criodain, Wildlife trade analyst, WWF International. ❋ Unknown (2010)
The high shade created by deciduous trees or evergreens is perfect for bigleaf hydrangeas in our area. ❋ Sara Busse (2010)
This problem can be addressed by planting bigleaf hydrangeas on north - or east-facing slopes rather than toward the south or west, which are the first areas to warm up in late winter, triggering buds to open too early. ❋ Sara Busse (2010)
The flower color of a bigleaf hydrangea is determined by the soil pH and by the amount of aluminum in the soil (unless it is a white-flowering variety, which has no pigment and is not affected). ❋ Sara Busse (2010)
Species that form the basis of, and are threatened by, significant commercial activity and inadequately regulated or unsustainable global trade such as: tuna, salmon, and sturgeon; threatened hardwood timber species like bigleaf mahogany and ramin. ❋ Unknown (2009)
