Twist-n-Shout bigleaf hydrangea
Hydrangea macrophylla 'Twist-n-Shout'
USDA zones4 to 9
SunHandles partial sun to full shade
WaterHandles moderate or wet soil
Sizeup to 5 feet tallup to 4 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
'Twist-n-Shout' bigleaf hydrangea (Hydrangea macrophylla 'Twist-n-Shout') is a shrub for borders, cut flowers, cottage gardens, and specimen planting. It is hardy to USDA zone 4, or down to -30°F (-34°C). This plant likes part sun to full shade and average to wet, sandy, loamy, or clay soil. Blue flowers open from early to late summer and again in early autumn, and acidic soil with a pH of 4.5 to 5.5 keeps them blue. Deer usually look elsewhere for a meal. It grows fast into a mounding shrub.
Pairs well with Liberty hosta, Western sword fern, and Lenten rose.