Mini Penny bigleaf hydrangea
Hydrangea macrophylla 'Mini Penny'
USDA zones5 to 9
SunHandles partial sun to full shade
WaterHandles moderate or wet soil
Size2 to 3 feet tall2 to 3 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
'Mini Penny' bigleaf hydrangea (Hydrangea macrophylla 'Mini Penny') is a shrub for borders, containers, cottage gardens, and shade gardens. 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. Blue flowers open in 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 Japanese forest grass, First Frost hosta, and Christmas fern.