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Plant Habit: Shrub
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Partial or Dappled Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Plant Height: 3 feet
Plant Spread: 3 feet
Leaves: Deciduous
Fruit: Dehiscent
Flowers: Showy
Blooms on old wood
Flower Time: Summer
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Cuttings: Cane
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Pollinators: Bees
Awards and Recognitions: Other: 2008 Great Plant Picks award winner

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Common names
  • Bigleaf Hydrangea
  • Mophead Hydrangea
  • French Hydrangea
  • Hydrangea
Also sold as:
  • Merritt's Supreme Blue
  • Merritt's Supreme Pink

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Uploaded by Hamwild
Location: Jones, oklahoma
Date: 2017-10-11

Date: 2013-10-11
Location: Gulf-coast Texas
Date: 2015-03-29
Location: Bluestone garden
Date: 2011-0720
Location: Kalama, Wa.
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Location: Kalama, Wa.
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: At a local nursery
Location: At a nursery
Date: 2008-06-25

Date: 2024-04-16
Location: Austria / Wiener Neustadt 
Date: 2015-04-28
Location: Bluestone garden
Date: 2011-0720
Location: In my Northern California garden
Date: 2015-04-02
Location: NC| June, 2022
Date: 2022-06-14
planted with glowing embers
Location: Schwartz Greenhouse, Romulus, MI
Date: 2012-04-05
Location: Schwartz Greenhouse, Romulus, MI
Date: 2012-04-05
Location: Schwartz Greenhouse, Romulus, MI
Date: 2012-04-05
Location: KALAMA WA
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: KALAMA WA
  • Uploaded by Joy

Photo Courtesy of Hydrangeas Plus Used with Permission
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Photo courtesy of Joy Creek Nursery
Location: Kalama, Wa.
  • Uploaded by Joy

Date: 2011-07-06
Photo Courtesy of Hydrangeas Plus Used with Permission
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Location: Baltimore, MD
Date: 2017-06-30
Just opening

Date: 2019-05-21
Location: Bluestone garden
Date: 2011-0720
Location: Bluestone garden
Date: 2010-0707
Location: KALAMA WA
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: Schwartz Greenhouse, Romulus, MI
Date: 2012-04-05
Location: Schwartz Greenhouse, Romulus, MI
Date: 2012-04-05
Location: Schwartz Greenhouse, Romulus, MI
Date: 2012-04-05
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