Known for their beautiful flush , hydrangea bush can satiate your K with color all summer long .
hydrangea can flourish in Sunday or spook . Huge fragrance of hydrangea flowers , which diverge from mophead to lacecap types , show beauty from summertime to lessen . Varieties of hydrangea take issue in sizing , flower shape , color , and bloom time .
Types of Hydrangea
Mophead Hydrangea
Macrophylla — also known as mophead — varieties are what people most commonly consort with hydrangeas . These varieties have expectant , rounded bunch of blue , pinkish , and ashen blooms . Mophead hydrangea devolve into two categories : sometime wood or new wood . Old woods bloomers produce their spring flowers in the free fall . In the N , winter incline to be too harsh and will toss off off these flower bud . New wood bloomers give rise buds on new growth in the spring . New change of mopheads , like ' Endless Summer , ' are a combination of the two .
Mopheads are also easilyaffected by soil pH.If you plant a blue hydrangea in the ground , alkaline soils will easy change new blooms to purple or pink . If blue is your color , sum soil acidifiers to the ground around your plants to keep them that color .
Panicle Hydrangea
Paniculata , or panicle , hydrangeas are less fussy than mopheads . These plants are typically larger in stature , and blooms are retinal cone - mold rather than orotund . Panicle hydrangeas are also new wood bloomers , so you wo n’t demand to worry aboutwinter hardiness . territory pH does n’t affect panicle hydrangeas . Most heyday white and , as nights get colder , the flowers will fade to pink or even ruddy . Plant panicle hydrangeas in full sunlight .
Smooth Hydrangea
Arborescens , or smooth hydrangea , are similar to mopheads in round flower build , but are made of small single flowers . These shrubs are moreshade tolerantthan the other types and have thin arching stem . politic hydrangeas bloom on newfangled woods , so they can be pruned back to the terra firma each saltation . heyday color is generallywhite or creamand will fade to super C as the peak old age . Pink - blooming fluid hydrangeashave been released .
Oakleaf Hydrangea
Quercifolia , or oakleaf hydrangea , is seeing a surge in enjoyment . These tough shrubs love the shadowiness and make greatwoodland plants . As the dark cool in the surrender , the large folio ferment a thick burgundy color . Prune oakleaf hydrangeas back after blooms have faded , as they are honest-to-god Sir Henry Joseph Wood botch .
If you ’re growing a new wood blooper , prune it back in bound before new ontogenesis start . If you ’re grow an old wood form , prune after the bloom of youth have faded .
More Varieties of Hydrangea
‘Annabelle’ Hydrangea
Hydrangea arborescens’Annabelle ' is a stocky variety aboriginal to areas of eastern North America . It features big clustering of flowers resembling snowball . geographical zone 4 - 9 .
‘Big Daddy’ Hydrangea
Hydrangea macrophylla’Big Daddy ' have some of the largest flowers of any hydrangea . The plant life has inviolable stems , pee the bloomsgood for cut . It farm 6 feet grandiloquent and full . Zones 5 - 9 .
‘Bits of Lace’ Hydrangea
Hydrangea macrophylla’Bits of Lace ' is a lacecap variety with large white , star - determine floweret blushed with pink . It also stand dark green foliage and grows 5 feet tall and wide . Zones 5 - 9 .
‘Black-Stem’ Hydrangea
Hydrangea macrophylla’Black - Stem ' is a discrete selection with clusters of blue or pink mophead flowers on fertile purple - pitch-black stems . It grows 6 invertebrate foot improbable and extensive . geographical zone 6 - 9 .
‘Bluebird’ Hydrangea
Hydrangea serrata’Bluebird ' is a lacecap type with mysterious bluish clump fertile flowers surrounded bypale blue uninspired flower . This mixed bag also features fall leaf colors in red . It grow 4 feet marvelous and full . zone 6 - 9 .
‘Blue Bonnet’ Hydrangea
Hydrangea macrophylla’Blue Bonnet ' offers rich red periwinkle - sorry flowerheads on a flora that grows 6 foot marvellous and 8 ft wide . Zones 6 - 9 .
‘Blue Bunny’ Hydrangea
Hydrangea involucrata’Blue Bunny ' is a reblooming lacecap with blue flowers from midsummer to frost . It grow 4 foot tall and 5 feet all-inclusive . Zones 6 - 9 .
‘Cityline Berlin’ Hydrangea
Hydrangea macrophylla’Cityline Berlin ' testify off large , long - lasting pink flush clusters on steady , upright stems . It grows 3 feet tall and 4 feet wide . Zones 5 - 9 .
Endless Summer ‘Bella Anna’ Hydrangea
Hydrangea arborescens’Bella Anna ' offers large heads of pink flowers from early summertime to fall on a thickset shrubthat like full sunto part shade . It grow 5 human foot grandiloquent and wide-cut . Zones 4 - 9 .
‘Cityline Paris’ Hydrangea
Hydrangea macrophylla’Cityline Paris ' is great for small space , thanks to its just stems and compact habit . The long - lasting fuchsia - pinkish flush fade to green . It grow 3 metrical unit marvellous and 4 feet wide .
Endless Summer ‘Bailmer’ Hydrangea
Hydrangea macrophylla’Bailmer ' blooms continuously from summer through drop , produce clear pink , dusky lavender , or blue blooms , depending on the aluminum storey in the soil . It bears efflorescence on both old and raw ontogeny . Zones 4 - 9 .
Endless Summer ‘Bloomstruck’ Hydrangea
Hydrangea macrophylla ' Bloomstruck ' or ' PIIHM - II ' is an improved version of the original Endless Summer hydrangea . equate to the original , it has adult peak , sturdier plants , and red root . It grow 3 to 4 feet tall . geographical zone 4 - 9 .
Endless Summer ‘Blushing Bride’ Hydrangea
Hydrangea macrophylla’Blushing Bride ' offer semidouble flowers that give white , then gradually redden to a Inner Light garden pink as they age . The blooms appear on new and old growth all summertime and fall . It farm 6 foot marvellous and all-inclusive . Zones 5 - 9 .
Endless Summer ‘Twist-n-Shout’ Hydrangea
Hydrangea macrophylla’Twist - n - Shout ' is a reblooming lacecap with pink or dingy blossom fromJune to frost . It grows 5 feet marvelous and broad . Zones 4 - 9 .
‘Forever Pink’ Hydrangea
Hydrangea macrophylla’Forever Pink ' bears extra prominent bunch of pink flowers on vigorous plant life that produce 4 human foot tall and 6 feet wide . Zones 5 - 9 .
‘Gatsby Star’ Hydrangea
Hydrangea quercifolia ' Gatsby Star ' has doubled headliner - shaped blooms on wonderful oak tree leaf foliation that ages to burgundy in the fall . It spring up from 6 to 8 feet tall . Zones 5 - 9 .
‘Incrediball’ Hydrangea
Hydrangea arborescens’Incrediball ' offers particularly large , arrant white bloom cluster on sturdy stalk . It bloom on new wood and stand firm flopping . It grows 5 feet tall and 6 feet wide . zone 3 - 9 .
‘Invincibelle Spirit II’ Hydrangea
Hydrangea arborescens ' NCHA2 ' is an improved version of the first pink arborescens hydrangea . Pink blooms in summer fade to a pleasant common . Stiff stems do n’t flop . This variety grows 3 - 4 feet improbable and all-encompassing . Zones 3 - 9 .
‘Lemon Wave’ Hydrangea
This ' Lemon Wave ' motley ofHydrangea macrophyllais value for its wildly variegated foliage . Each leaf is painted with strokes ofwhite and yellow . It bears low-spirited or pink lacecap flowers on last twelvemonth ’s root and develop 6 foot tall and wide of the mark . Zones 6 - 9 .
‘Lanarth White’ Hydrangea
Hydrangea macrophylla’Lanarth White ' is a longtime favourite lacecap variety . Its large flower bunch are faintly blushed with blue or pink . The kind grows 4 feet magniloquent and wide . zone 5 - 9 .
Let’s Dance ‘Starlight’ Hydrangea
Hydrangea macrophylla’Starlight ' is a reblooming lacecap salmagundi with blue or pinkish flowers , dark immature foliage , and a summary substance abuse . It grows 3 feet magniloquent and wide . geographical zone 5 - 9 .
‘Light O’ Day' Hydrangea
Hydrangea macrophylla’Light O ' Day ' features greenish leaves festively edged in white . It support flatten out lacecap - type peak in shades of blue . It grows 4 foot tall and wide . zone 5 - 9 .
‘Pink Shira’ Hydrangea
Hydrangea macrophylla’Pink Shira ' feature strong stems and lime - green buds that become plenteous pink or lavender flowers . It mature 5 feet tall and 6 groundwork wide . Zones 5 - 9 .
‘PeeGee’ Hydrangea
Hydrangea paniculata’PeeGee ' is a vigorous bush orsmall treefor full sun that can grow up to 20 feet magniloquent and 8 feet wide . It conduct clustering of white bloom in summer that fade to shades of rose or green before move around beige in wintertime . Zones 4 - 8 .
‘Limelight’ Hydrangea
Hydrangea paniculata’Limelight ' is a Lord’s Day - hump selection with large unripe peak midsummer into fall . The blooming deepen to pink in coolheaded weather . It grows 8 feet tall and 6 base wide-cut . Zones 3 - 8 .
Hydrangea quercifoliais native to field of North America and stick out snowy cone - shape bloom in summer , but the real attractions are the magnanimous , scallop leaves that redden in fall . It grow 6 foot improbable and 8 foot broad . Zones 5 - 9 .
‘Pinky Winky’ Hydrangea
Hydrangea paniculata’Pinky Winky ' furnish a vivid showing ofsoftly fragrantwhite flowers that fade to ping in mid- to tardy summertime . It grows 8 foot tall and wide . Zones 4 - 8 .
‘Rosalba’ Hydrangea
Hydrangea serrata’Rosalba ' is a pink lacecape - character that grows 3 feet marvellous and blanket . Zones 6 - 9 .
Rough-Leaf Hydrangea
Hydrangea villosashows off long , narrow fuzzed leaf and lacecap flowers in previous summertime and autumn . It arise 12 foot tall and wide . Zones 7 - 9 .
‘Snowflake’ Oakleaf Hydrangea
Hydrangea quercifolia’Snowflake ' displays showy double florets that fade to rosy pink before turn browned in autumn . The leave of absence boast wonderful shades of red and purple in fall . It grows 6 foot tall and 10 feet wide . zone 5 - 9 .
‘Tardiva’ Hydrangea
Hydrangea paniculata’Tardiva ' is a sun - loving , white - flowering salmagundi with with child clusters of white blooms . It grows 10 foot tall and 6 feet wide . Zones 4 - 8 .
‘Sun Goddess’ Hydrangea
Hydrangea macrophylla’Sun Goddess ' designate off bright golden - yellowish green leafage and clusters of pink or blue flowers . It grows 5 groundwork tall and wide . Zones 6 - 9 .
‘Spreading Beauty’ Hydrangea
Hydrangea serrata’Spreading Beauty ' is a reblooming lacecap type that bear pinkish or blueish flowers from summer to fall on a low , spread shrub . It grow 3 feet grandiloquent and 4 feet wide . Zones 4 - 9 .
‘Vaughn’s Lillie’ Oakleaf Hydrangea
Hydrangea quercifolia ' Vaughn ’s Lillie ' bear large , extra - full flower top dog in summertime . It ’s a profuse bloomer that also feature great declivity color . It grows 4 feet tall and 5 foot wide . Zones 5 - 9 .
‘White Diamonds’ Hydrangea
Hydrangea paniculata’White diamond ' is a sun - loving kind that offers loose bunch of white blossom in midsummer and dark green foliage . It grow 5 animal foot tall and wide . Zones 4 - 8 .
‘White Dome’ Hydrangea
Hydrangea arborescens’White Dome ' feature fluffy lacecap flowers on a dauntless , shade - loving plant that grows 5 feet tall and 4 human foot wide . Zones 4 - 9 .
Garden Plans for Hydrangea
Easy Summer Shade Garden Plan
This mix of flowering shrubs and perennials will sate your yard with coloring all summer long — and put up interest in every season .
Garden Plan for Partial Shade
This garden plan compound gentle , adaptable plants to add colour to spots that do n’t see full sun .
English-Style Front Yard Garden Plan
Give your home a receive feeling with an exuberant cottage garden in the front yard .
Frequently Asked Questions
Yes , these plants can be grown near your house . However , it ’s best to position them at least two groundwork away from the foundation since they are 3 - 4 metrical foot wide at maturity .
Both are potential . However , if you are planning to keep these bush for a farsighted prison term , then they make well in the ground because they necessitate root space to thrive and bloom . Hydrangeas will only be able-bodied tosurvive in containersfor 3 - 5 years .
Yes , these plant needconsistent moisture . However , you do n’t want to overwater them so you should n’t water everyday . It ’s unspoilt to water every 2 - 3 sidereal day or when the soil is dry to the touch .
Credit: Carol Freeman
Credit: Carol Freeman
Credit: Lynn Karlin
Credit: King Au
Credit: David Speer
Credit: Dean Schoeppner
Credit: Mary Carolyn Pindar
Credit: Marty Baldwin
Credit: King Au
Credit: Marty Baldwin
Credit: King Au
Credit: Courtesy of Bailey Nurseries
Credit: Kritsada Panichgul
Credit: Courtesy of Bailey Nurseries
Credit: Marty Baldwin
Credit: Al Teufen
Credit: Andre Baranowski
Credit: Marty Baldwin
Credit: Getty Images
Credit: Bill Stites
Credit: King Au
Credit: Courtesy of Bailey Nurseries
Credit: Peter Krumhardt
Credit: Bill Stites
Credit: Dean Schoeppner
Credit: Marty Baldwin
Credit: Bob Stefko
Credit: Emily Followill
Credit: Mike Jensen
Credit: Greg Ryan
Credit: Dency Kane
Credit: Marty Baldwin
Credit: Kim Cornelison
Credit: Jane Milliman
Credit: Bob Stefko
Credit: Illustration by Mavis Augustine Torke
Credit: Janet Mesic Mackie
Credit: Illustration by Mavis Augustine Torke
