Blue Wave Lacecap Hydrangea - 3 Gallon Pot
$62.98
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Blue Wave Lacecap Hydrangea - 3 Gallon Pot
$62.98
Sale price
$62.98
Regular price
$69.00
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Description
Blue Wave Hydrangea
Hydrangea macrophylla 'Blue Wave'
Plant Details
USDA Plant Hardiness Zones: 5a-9b Find Your Zone
Shrub Type: Deciduous Flowering Shrub
Height at Maturity: 5-6'
Width at Maturity: 5-6'
Spacing: 3-4' apart for solid hedges; 8'or more apart for space between plants
Growth Habit / Form: Bushy, Dense, Globose/Round, Mounding
Flower Color: Shades of Blue, Lavender, and Pink
Flower Size: Large - up to 6-8" inch diameter
Flowering Period: Summer
Flower Type: Lacecap
Fragrant Flowers: No
Foliage Color: Green
Fragrant Foliage: No
Berries: NA
Berry Color: NA
Sun Needs: Part Shade, Morning Sun, Filtered Sun (South) - Sun or Part Shade (North)
Water Needs: Average, Lower when established
Soil Type: Clay (amended), Loam, Sand (amended), Silt
Soil Moisture / Drainage: Well Drained Moist
Soil pH: 6.0 - 8.5 (Moderately Acid to Moderately Alkaline)
Maintenance / Care: Low
Attracts: Visual Attention
Resistances: Disease, Drought (when established in part shade), Heat, Humidity, Insect
Description
A sight to behold in full bloom, the Blue Wave Hydrangea produces LOADS of some of the most beautiful flowers we've ever seen on a Hydrangea. The large, lacecap flowers consist of a center cushion of bright blue and/or lavender florets surrounded by a ring of soft lavender, pink or white single petaled flowers that appear in late spring lasting through all or most of the summer. The flowers will bloom a stronger blue in acid soils. Aluminum sulfate can be applied to increase the acidity of the soil. The leaves of Blue Wave Hydrangea are large and bright green in color, and turn to an attractive red in fall.
Landscape & Garden Uses
Growing 5 to 6 feet tall and 5 to 6 feet wide in a rounded mound, Blue Wave Hydrangea can be grown in garden beds or containers. It is ideal for use as a specimen or accent in home foundation plantings, flowering shrub borders and perennial gardens. In larger landscape spaces it is especially dramatic in small to large groupings or in straight or staggered rows as a colorful hedge.
Suggested Spacing: 3 to 4 feet apart for solid hedges; 8 feet or more apart for space between plants
Note: For our customers who live and garden north of USDA Planting Zone 5a, where this Hydrangea variety is not reliably winter hardy outdoors, you can enjoy it in containers that can be moved indoors during winter and placed back outside when temperatures warm up in spring.
Growing Preferences
The Blue Wave Hydrangea is very easy to grow in most any moist but well-drained soil with average fertility and full sun to part shade in northern zones and part shade (morning sun with afternoon shade or filtered sun) in southern zones. For best flowering, we suggest 4 hours of direct sun light per day. As with so many other ornamental plants, a constantly soggy or wet soil is problematic. Flower color is your choice. Acidic soils tend to make blue flowers while a neutral to slightly alkaline soil will make more pink shades.
Get tips for proper pruning time and technique in our article titled How To Prune Various Types Of Hydrangea
Helpful Articles
Click on a link below to find helpful advice from our experts on how to plant and care for Hydrangea shrubs.
How To Plant Hydrangeas In The Ground & Pots
How To Prune Various Types Of Hydrangea
How To Fertilize And Water Hydrangeas
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