Hydrangeas

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I'm currently digging a flower bed into my front garden. I want to plant something medium sized and colourful, would hydrangeas be a good idea? The garden is very sunny, but the soil is full of clay.

Can anyone help, please? I'm off to the garden centre tomorrow .

Take a look at what grows well in gardens around yours. In some places hydrangeas do really well, in other places not so much.

I have clay soil and two happy hydrangeas.

Thanks! Just checking I wasn't making a total error!

Hydrangeas are usually woodland plants and like semi shade and some moisture .does you clay soil dry out and go rock hard in the summer ? If so they won't be happy .

Is it acid or alkali , because that can affect the colour of the flowers?

I garden on clay and also have happy hydrangeas , but it's moist clay with lots of organic materialsnd some shade and it's not very hot here