(Liste) All Summer Beauty Bigleaf Hydrangea

This shrub does best in full sun to partial shade.

All summer beauty bigleaf hydrangea. You can put it in a big container if you like where it will grow a bit smaller. If its buds are winter killed the plant will form new ones in spring and still bloom. In containers or in the ground few plants give gardeners the same bang for their buck as the hydrangea. Unlike older varieties this super floriferous shrub is hardy right through zone 5 in the north. Everything that is new and wonderful about hydrangea can be found in all summer beauty a delightful new bigleaf mophead. It blooms reliably every year and does just as well as endless summer. Here in new england all my macrophyllas bloom blue with no soil additions due to our naturally acidic soil.

Specific epithet comes from the greek words makros meaning large and phyllon meaning leaf in reference to plant leaves. The shrub stature of all summer beauty bigleaf hydrangea is in the smaller category at 3 4 tall but the mophead flowers are big like big as the head of big kid. All summer beauty hydrangea is one of a new breed that re blooms on the current year s growth as well. All summer beauty is a mophead cultivar that grows 3 4 tall and as wide. These handsome compact shrubs are covered with big blooms of deep blue with a long bloom period from midsummer to frost. In acidic soil this hydrangea has deep blue flowers while in alkaline soil the blooms tend to be lighter and sometimes even pink. Expect all summer beauty to reach 3 to 4 feet high and 3 to 5 feet wide.

It tends to be a little leggy with a typical clearance of 1 foot from the ground. Lacecap oak leaf and large leafed hydrangeas bring diverse texture and form to the summer landscape. The flower color of the all summer beauty hydrangea depends on the acidity level of the soil. These big mopheads also age antique nicely for cut flowers. The genus name hydrangea comes from hydor meaning water and aggeion meaning vessel in reference to the cup like capsular fruit. Nikko blue mophead is vigorous with large rounded blue flowers. All summer beauty was the first macrophylla hydrangea that i could get to bloom here in zone 5.

It grows at a fast rate and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for approximately 20 years. All summer beauty hydrangea will grow to be about 3 feet tall at maturity with a spread of 4 feet. All summer beauty hydrangea.