This is the fifth year for this plant in my garden and I love how this plant blooms all summer long, beginning in early June in my zone 6b garden and continuing until frost. It gets afternoon shade and the blooms cover the entire plant for well over a month, going from blush pink to white to light green as they age. Then when those blooms turned brown, I cut them off. Being close to the patio and near a water hydrant, I did water it several times throughout the summer. It is now blooming again, which I attribute to the extra waterings, although it is not as full as in June. But what a wonderful, long-blooming garden plant.

It is a small, compact shrub about 2 to 2.5 feet high and about 3 feet wide, so it is nicely rounded. It is perfect for the front of the border and the stems are sturdy and upright, even though some of the mophead blooms can be somewhat large. It blooms on new wood, so I will cut it back after the first frosts affect it.

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