Let's Dance Rhythmic Blue bigleaf hydrangea
Hydrangea macrophylla 'Lets Dance Rhythmic Blue'
USDA zones5 to 9
SunHandles full sun to full shade
WaterHandles moderate or wet soil
Size2 to 3 feet tall2 to 3 feet wide
- Growth rate
- Rapid
- Habit
- Erect
- Bloom season
- Summer
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay
Garden uses
Notes
'Let's Dance Rhythmic Blue' bigleaf hydrangea (Hydrangea macrophylla 'Let's Dance Rhythmic Blue') is a shrub for borders, cut flowers, cottage gardens, and specimen plantings. It is hardy to USDA zone 5, or down to -20°F (-29°C). This plant likes full sun to full shade and average to wet, sandy, loamy, or clay soil. Deer tend to pass it by. It blooms from early to late summer with mop head flowers. The blooms are blue in acidic soils and pink in alkaline soils.
Pairs well with Blue Angel hosta, Japanese forest grass, and Autumn fern.