Let's Dance Big Band bigleaf hydrangea
Hydrangea macrophylla 'Lets Dance Big Band'
USDA zones6 to 11
SunHandles partial sun or full shade
WaterHandles moderate or wet soil
- Growth rate
- Rapid
- Habit
- Erect
- Bloom season
- Summer
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay
Garden uses
Notes
'Let's Dance Big Band' bigleaf hydrangea (Hydrangea macrophylla 'Let's Dance Big Band') is a shrub for cut flowers, hedges, privacy screens, and shade gardens. It is hardy to USDA zone 6, or down to -10°F (-23°C). This plant likes part sun to full shade and average to wet, sandy, loamy, or clay soil. It grows at a rapid rate and has an erect habit. Blooms open from early to late summer. Deer usually look elsewhere for a meal.
Pairs well with Abiqua Drinking Gourd hosta, Autumn fern, and Aureola Japanese forest grass.