Endless Summer Summer Crush bigleaf hydrangea
Hydrangea macrophylla 'Endless Summer Summer Crush'
USDA zones4 to 9
SunHandles full sun to full shade
WaterHandles moderate to wet soil
Size1.5 to 3 feet tallup to 5 feet wide
- Growth rate
- Rapid
- Habit
- Erect
- Bloom season
- Summer, autumn
- Bloom color
- Raspberry red or purple
- Foliage color
- Green
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay
- Soil pH
- Acid, alkaline, neutral
Garden uses
Notes
'Endless Summer Summer Crush' bigleaf hydrangea (Hydrangea macrophylla 'Endless Summer Summer Crush') is a shrub for borders, containers, cottage gardens, and specimen planting. It is hardy to USDA zone 4, or down to -30°F (-34°C). This plant likes full sun to full shade and average to wet, sandy, loamy, or clay soil. It reblooms, with raspberry red or purple flowers in summer and again in autumn. The flowers can be cut for bouquets.
Pairs well with Cinnamon fern, Fragrant Bouquet hosta, and Bottlebrush buckeye.