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