Late and large heads of flowers on erect stems in exquisite shades of smoky pink (or dark purplish blue in lower pH soil) with the inflorescence taking on autumn tints of purple and crimson as the temperatures drop in late summer. An excellent hydrangea for drying. Partial shade or full sun in evenly moist soil.

This hydrangea makes a big impression despite its compact size. A good choice for smaller gardens, the tidy plant offers up armfuls of ball-shaped, pink-toned blooms against dark green, glossy leaves. Hardy, reliable, easy to grow, you can tuck this one into the smallest garden.

A sterile mophead form of a native American species, 'Annabelle' burst on the scene a few years back with its enormous inflorescences that begin the season as greenish heads, spend the bulk of summer a creamy white, age to pink and overwinter a papery-brown, making them excellent dried both on the plant and in the home. Blooms on new growth so it's the perfect hydrangea to grow in coldest winter areas where thrives in semishaded situations when provided adequate summer moisture. This is used to perfection in the late Christopher LloydÆs long border at Great Dixter, where it answers the flattened heads of a light Achillea planted in the foreground.

A very pretty and relatively rare cultivar with flowers of serrated pinkish red sepals bordered by a thin band of white, providing an unusual and striking appearance. Top-notch and one of the most striking in our collection, greeting people at our woodland entrance.

(Taube is German for Dove or Pigeon) Dramatically large, flattened heads with nearly bold, round infertile sepals of rich, darkest royal blue in our acidic soil (or rich pink, and nonetheless striking, in alkaline soil). This hydrangea is an eye-catcher, blooming well in fairly dense shade in late July through August.

A very pretty selection of the Mountain Hydrangea, presenting rather large and full, rich saturated lilac lacecaps in quantity, more precocious than most in early summer, atop stems rising to 4 ft. or more. With flowers halfway between being typecast as a ôlace-capö or ômop-head,ö and foliage that develops excellent red tints if grown in sun, and striking autumn tints of purple and red- this is a superb, seldom encountered smaller Hydrangea.