Lacecap Hydrangea
Hydrangea serrata 'Bluebird'
Saxifragaceae
Growth habit
Shrub
Perennation
Perennial
Location
Comstock Knoll and Rhododendron Collection, Zucker Shrub Collection
Source of plant
Hillier Nurseries, Cornell Botanic Gardens
Description
Pale pink or blue ray flowers; early-flowering, vigorous, reaching 5' in height, and drought resistant. H. serrata is July-August flowering (DS 9). A small robust shrub with stout shoots and abruptly acuminateleaves. The blue fertile flowers are borne in slightly dome-shaped corymbs, surrounded by large ray florets which are reddish-purple on chalk soils, and a lovely sea-blue on acid soils. Reputedly a select form of H. serrata acuminata, but in our experience the two are identical. A.M. 1960; A.G.M. 1969.
USDA Hardiness Zone
5
Special characteristics
flowering season, hardiness