All Summer Beauty Bigleaf Hydrangea
Here in new england all my macrophyllas bloom blue with no soil additions due to our naturally acidic soil.
All summer beauty bigleaf hydrangea. These big mopheads also age antique nicely for cut flowers. All summer beauty is a mophead cultivar that grows 3 4 tall and as wide. All summer beauty hydrangea. Everything that is new and wonderful about hydrangea can be found in all summer beauty a delightful new bigleaf mophead.
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. The genus name hydrangea comes from hydor meaning water and aggeion meaning vessel in reference to the cup like capsular fruit. On may 13 2005 braun06 from peoria heights il zone 5b. Unlike older varieties this super floriferous shrub is hardy right through zone 5 in the north.
Specific epithet comes from the greek words makros meaning large and phyllon meaning leaf in reference to plant leaves. 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. All summer beauty was the first macrophylla hydrangea that i could get to bloom here in zone 5.
If its buds are winter killed the plant will form new ones in spring and still bloom. It tends to be a little leggy with a typical clearance of 1 foot from the ground. Nikko blue mophead is vigorous with large rounded blue flowers. It blooms reliably every year and does just as well as endless summer.
Macrophylla we love all summer beauty mophead which has profuse dark blue flowers turning more pink in soils with near neutral ph. You can put it in a big container if you like where it will grow a bit smaller. This shrub does best in full sun to partial shade. 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 is one of a new breed that re blooms on the current year s growth as well. In acidic soil this hydrangea has deep blue flowers while in alkaline soil the blooms tend to be lighter and sometimes even pink. In containers or in the ground few plants give gardeners the same bang for their buck as the hydrangea.