All Summer Beauty bigleaf hydrangea
Hydrangea macrophylla 'All Summer Beauty'
USDA zones5 to 9
SunHandles partial sun to full shade
WaterHandles moderate to wet soil
Sizeup to 4 feet tallup to 4 feet wide
- Growth rate
- Rapid
- Habit
- Erect
- Bloom season
- Summer, autumn
- Bloom color
- Blue (acidic) or pink (alkaline)
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay
- Soil pH
- Acid, alkaline, neutral
Garden uses
Notes
'All Summer Beauty' bigleaf hydrangea (Hydrangea macrophylla 'All Summer Beauty') is a shrub for borders, containers, foundation plantings, and shade gardens. It is hardy to USDA zone 5, or down to -20°F (-29°C). This plant likes part sun to full shade and average to wet, sandy, loamy, or clay soil. The flowers are blue in acidic soil and pink in alkaline soil. Deer tend to pass it by. It grows quickly and reaches about 48 inches tall and wide.
Pairs well with Blue Angel hosta, Christmas fern, and Japanese forest grass.