Game Changer Blue bigleaf hydrangea
Hydrangea macrophylla 'Game Changer Blue'
USDA zones5 to 9
SunHandles partial sun to full shade
WaterHandles moderate or wet soil
Size18 to 24 inches tall18 to 24 inches 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
'Game Changer Blue' bigleaf hydrangea (Hydrangea macrophylla 'Game Changer Blue') is a shrub for borders, containers, cottage gardens, and specimen planting. 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. It forms a mound with blue flowers from early to late summer and again in early autumn. Deer tend to pass it by. Acidic soil with a pH of 4.5 to 5.5 keeps the blooms blue.
Pairs well with Blue Mouse Ears hosta, Aureola Japanese forest grass, and Lady fern.