| Description | A blue flowering Hydrangea that requires a special site for maximum performance. It really should come with a warning label. |
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| Pronunciation | (hy-DRAN-je-ah)(mack-row-FIL-ah) |
| Plant Type | All Plants, Shrubs Deciduous |
| Hardiness Zone | 4-8 |
| Sunlight | full (if there is adequate moisture) partial sun east exposure probably the best. |
| Moisture | average to moist, during dry specials it becomes a mass of wilted lettuce, will not tolerate drought, wilts like leaf lettuce in full sun in a dry garden |
| Soil & Site | average to moisture retentive, needs a ph of 5.5 to maintain blue flower color |
| Temperature | cold hardy, I have had the new shoots get nipped and or killed by late frosts but has always grown back |
| Flowers | blue to pink depending on the ph of the soil, bloom on new and last years wood, remontant plant (blooming more than once in a season). |
| Leaves | large green leaves, serrated |
| Dimensions | reaches 4 by 4 feet. |
| Maintenance | Dead heading may promote a secondary bloom. |
| Propagation | cuttings |
| Cultivar Origin | Bailey's Nursery Inc., St. Paul Minnesota USA in conjunction with testing and evaluation by Michael Dirr. |
| Author's Notes | I would not grow this plant unless you have the perfect site. Which is moist, shaded with some sun and acidic ph. All can be artificially provided if the gardener thinks they are worth the extra effort. I give a few garden talks every year and I thing the gardening public is tired of spending money on this plant and it never gets as good looking as the plant that was purchased. (in zone #5) |
| Notes & Reference | #85-Hydrangeas for American Gardens (Michael Dirr) |
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