Big Daddy Hydrangea

Use this fantastic plant in your landscape as a specimen a container plant near water gardens.

Big daddy hydrangea. Across 35 cm densely packed with sky blue to pink florets depending on the soil ph. Fast growing with gigantic flower heads. The genus name hydrangea comes from hydor meaning water and aggeion meaning vessel in reference to the cup like capsular fruit. The big daddy hydrangea from the southern living plant collection produces massive eye catching blooms that are impossible to ignore.

Plant as a showy accent informal hedge or as a mass planting. Specific epithet comes from the greek words makros meaning large and phyllon meaning leaf in reference to plant leaves. Bigleaf hydrangea big daddy mophead hydrangea big daddy hortensia big daddy noted for its enormous inflorescences hydrangea macrophylla big daddy produces stunning rounded flower heads up to 14 in. Noted for its enormous inflorescences hydrangea macrophylla big daddy produces stunning rounded flower heads up to 14 in.

Color of blooms dependent on soil ph which can be modified with soil amendments or fertilizer for acid loving plants. Big daddy is a reblooming mophead cultivar that will flower on both old and new growth. Big daddy hydrangea big daddy hydrangea hydrangea macrophylla big daddy is an ornamental shrub with huge flowers. The big daddy hydrangea hydrangea macrophylla big daddy makes a grand statement in any landscape with its 12 to 14 pink or blue blooms.

It tends to be a little leggy with a typical clearance of 1 foot from the ground and is suitable for planting under power lines. Like other macrophylla hydrangeas these vibrant mophead bloom clusters are pink if planted in alkaline soils and blue while grown in acidic soils. Across 35 cm densely packed with sky blue to pink florets depending on the soil ph.