Blue Enchantress bigleaf hydrangea
Hydrangea macrophylla 'Blue Enchantress'
USDA zones4 to 9
SunHandles partial sun to full shade
WaterHandles moderate or wet soil
Sizeup to 5 feet tallup to 5 feet wide
- Growth rate
- Rapid
- Habit
- Mounding
- Bloom season
- Summer, autumn
- Bloom color
- Blue
- Foliage color
- Green
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay
- Soil pH
- Acidic for blue flowers (pH 4.5-5.5)
- Toxicity
- Toxic to dogs, toxic to cats, toxic to horses
Garden uses
Notes
'Blue Enchantress' bigleaf hydrangea (Hydrangea macrophylla 'Blue Enchantress') is a shrub for borders, cottage gardens, shade gardens, and cut flowers. It is hardy to USDA zone 4, or down to -30°F (-34°C). This plant likes part sun to full shade and average to wet, sandy, loamy, or clay soil. Large mopheads bloom blue in acidic soil and pink in alkaline soil. It reblooms from early summer until frost, and you can mulch the stems deeply in colder climates. It sits low on the menu for deer.
Pairs well with Blue Angel hosta, Western sword fern, Foam flower, and Katsura tree.