In the genus Hydrangea, this means producing large, showy sterile flowers that draw attention to their smaller, less gaudy fertile flowers. These sterile flowers are technically colored up sepals. They don’t produce reproductive structures or pollen. … Everything from beetles to bees visit their flowers.

Do hydrangeas reproduce?

Hydrangeas reproduce sexually. The pollen is scattered by the wind and starts the reproduction process. Then, the seeds grow inside the flower and eventually the flower clusters die. The hydrangea blooms, which contain the seeds, usually dry up and disperse on the ground or travel attached to animals.

Do hydrangeas have male and female flowers?

Hydrangea have two types of flowers. The ones often located in the middle of the flower panicle are small and have both male (stamen) and female (stigma) parts. These flowers are the fertile ones which produce the seed. Located on the outer perimeter of the flower cluster are the larger, more conspicuous flowers.