Mountain Hydrangea Blue

Peegee hydrangea while often trained to look like a tree the peegee p g is technically the grandiflora cultivar from the panicle hydrangea family.

Mountain hydrangea blue. Hydrangea serrata grow in zones 5 to 9. It shares the showy blooms and beautiful pink or purple color of big leaf hydrangeas but because it grows wild on the chilly mountain tops instead of the mild seaside it naturally developed substantially better cold tolerance. The leaves are dark green and serrated like other macrophylla. The tea is known as sugukcha in korea and amacha in japan. Reminiscent of the bigleaf hydrangea hydrangea macrophylla it is however more refined in habit and its flowers and leaves are smaller. Blue hydrangea blue hydrangeas from the bigleaf family are only blue because of the soil they are grown in. Native to japan and korea hydrangea serrata mountain hydrangea is a deciduous shrub of rounded habit with delicate lacecap flowers with flattened clusters from early to late summer.

Great blooms and the bees go crazy for it. Mophead hydrangeas are the most recognizable and popular hydrangea due to their large puffy flower heads. The leaves are commonly used in tea as they contain a natural sweetener phyllodulcin. In neutral or more alkaline soils the blue will change into an attractive lavender pink. Can t say enough about this outstanding little shrub. Borne in great quantity the elegant blossoms of some cultivars have the. Tuff stuff reblooming mountain hydrangea from proven winners produces lacy pink flowers that create a mass of color in early summer continuing right up until frost.

Tall and wide at maturity partial to full sun 4 hours required. However big leaf hydrangeas grow along the mild coast while mountain hydrangeas grow up in the mountains. Their flowers can be purple blue or pink and they thrive in hardiness zone 6. Growing tiny tuff stuff mountain hydrangeas the exact color of the flowers varies with your soil as it does with almost all varieties of hydrangea. The flowers on this very hardy shrub may shift to purple or blue in acidic soils. The flower buds of mophead hydrangeas can be sensitive to the cold and therefore may not survive the winter months. In acidic soils the central flowers will be a deep blue and the outer ones a paler shade of blue.

Coarsely toothed dark green 8 inch long leaves turn reddish bronze in fall. Tiny tuff stuff hydrangea serrata makd uspp 24 842 can 5 125. Blue bird hydrangea serrata blue bird. Amacha is used in japan to celebrate buddha s birth. I planted 3 in 2018 and bought 3 more this past summer. This is easily one of my favourites. As a result they have naturally developed flower buds that are more tolerant to cold conditions than big leaf hydrangeas so they bloom more reliably in usda zones.

Mountain hydrangeas are typically smaller and more compact than other mophead hydrangeas.