21+ All Summer Beauty Bigleaf Hydrangea

On may 13 2005 braun06 from peoria heights il zone 5b.

All summer beauty bigleaf hydrangea. All summer beauty hydrangea is one of a new breed that re blooms on the current year s growth as well. This shrub does best in full sun to partial shade. It blooms reliably every year and does just as well as endless summer. All summer beauty hydrangea will grow to be about 3 feet tall at maturity with a spread of 4 feet. Here in new england all my macrophyllas bloom blue with no soil additions due to our naturally acidic soil. It grows at a fast rate and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for approximately 20 years. In containers or in the ground few plants give gardeners the same bang for their buck as the hydrangea.

Everything that is new and wonderful about hydrangea can be found in all summer beauty a delightful new bigleaf mophead. The genus name hydrangea comes from hydor meaning water and aggeion meaning vessel in reference to the cup like capsular fruit. All summer beauty is a mophead cultivar that grows 3 4 tall and as wide. All summer beauty hydrangea hydrangea macrophylla all summer beauty one of the most winter hardy of all bigleaf hydrangeas. The flower color of the all summer beauty hydrangea depends on the acidity level of the soil. Expect all summer beauty to reach 3 to 4 feet high and 3 to 5 feet wide. These handsome compact shrubs are covered with big blooms of deep blue with a long bloom period from midsummer to frost.

These big mopheads also age antique nicely for cut flowers. Macrophylla we love all summer beauty mophead which has profuse dark blue flowers turning more pink in soils with near neutral ph. In acidic soil this hydrangea has deep blue flowers while in alkaline soil the blooms tend to be lighter and sometimes even pink. 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. Nikko blue mophead is vigorous with large rounded blue flowers. All summer beauty hydrangea.

All summer beauty was the first macrophylla hydrangea that i could get to bloom here in zone 5. Lacecap oak leaf and large leafed hydrangeas bring diverse texture and form to the summer landscape. You can put it in a big container if you like where it will grow a bit smaller.