Venice bigleaf hydrangea
Hydrangea macrophylla 'Venice'
USDA zones5 to 9
SunHandles partial sun to full shade
WaterHandles moderate or wet soil
Sizeup to 4 feet tallup to 4 feet wide
- Growth rate
- Rapid
- Habit
- Mounding
- Bloom season
- Summer
- 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
'Venice' bigleaf hydrangea (Hydrangea macrophylla 'Venice') 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 part sun to full shade and average to wet, sandy, loamy, or clay soil. It forms a rapid mounding shrub up to 48 inches tall and wide. Blue flowers open from early to late summer on acidic soil with a pH of 4.5 to 5.5. Deer rarely make it their first choice.
Pairs well with Halcyon hosta, Lady fern, Lenten rose, and Aureola Japanese forest grass.