Bigleaf Hydrangea
This is general guidance. Adjust watering and care for your home's light, temperature, humidity, potting mix, container, and season.
The hydrangea was the first thing I put in this bed, and two years on she’s earned her spot as the anchor of the whole corner. In our slightly acidic New Jersey soil the flowers blush somewhere between pink and periwinkle, and they shift a little every season depending on what the ground is doing. If you want to nudge the color bluer, garden sulfur lowers the pH; lime pushes it pinker. I mostly let her decide.
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