General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Shrub
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Partial or Dappled Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Plant Height: 3 feet
Plant Spread: 3 feet
Leaves: Deciduous
Fruit: Dehiscent
Flowers: Showy
Blooms on old wood
Flower Time: Summer
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Cuttings: Cane
Division
Pollinators: Bees
Parentage: Sport of: Tricolor

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Common names
  • Hydrangea
  • Bigleaf Hydrangea
  • Lacecap

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Comments:
  • Posted by sedumzz (Fairfax VA - Zone 7a) on May 24, 2021 9:13 AM concerning plant:
    Type: Lacecap
    Blom:
    -Aluminum: White sterile, pink fertile blooms
    +Aluminum: White sterile, blue fertile blooms

    Does not seem to bloom a lot. Only had a few blooms when I saw it. Silver margined leaves that are very showy.

    History:
    Sport of 'Tricolor'

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