(Alpen Glow Bigleaf Hydrangea, Bigleaf Hydrangea, Mophead Hydrangea)

Exquisite, red snowball-shaped flower clusters are the ornamental highlight of 'Alpen Glow'. This bigleaf hydrangea selection is a deciduous flowering shrub with large, glossy green leaves, bushy habit and extraordinary flowers. In summer it produces mophead flower clusters that may get as large as cantaloupes. These coral-red flowers become more purplish if the soil pH is highly acidic. The dried flowers are an attractive beige to sandy brown and persist into winter after the leaves drop away.

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(Altona Bigleaf Hydrangea, Bigleaf Hydrangea, Largeleaf Hydrangea)

The compact and prolific mophead hydrangea, ‘Altona’, offers big, round clusters of deep purple-pink or purple-blue flowers from early to late summer. The individual flowers have coarsely pinked edges which add to their charm. This old German cultivar was first introduced in 1931 and is often confused with ‘Hamburg’ and ‘Europa.’ The only difference is that it has smaller, more serrated leaves.

Hydrangea macrophylla is a medium-sized, deciduous flowering shrub with large green leaves and a...

(Amethyst Bigleaf Hydrangea, Bigleaf Hydrangea, Largeleaf Hydrangea)

Ball-shaped flower clusters with a variable purple color are the ornamental highlight of 'Amethyst'. This bigleaf hydrangea selection is a deciduous flowering shrub with large, glossy green leaves, bushy habit and purplish pink to blue-violet florets. They deepen in color as they age. In summer it produces mophead flower clusters plump with jagged-edge blossoms. The precise color of flowers varies according to soil pH. Early season flowers are usually simple and four-sepaled, but later season blooms...

(Ami Pasquier Bigleaf Hydrangea, Bigleaf Hydrangea, Largeleaf Hydrangea)

The heavy-flowering ‘Ami Pasquier’ produces big mophead clusters of rosy red to wine purple in early to midsummer. The prolific blooms appear on compact, bushy plants with glossy deep green leaves. It is noted as being tolerant of drought and Oceanside conditions.

Hydrangea macrophylla is a medium-sized, deciduous shrub with large attractive leaves. This eastern Asian native typically produces large flower clusters with small fertile flowers towards the center and showy sterile flowers...

(Ayesha Bigleaf Hydrangea, Bigleaf Hydrangea, Largeleaf Hydrangea)

The extraordinary blooms of ‘Ayesha’ are soft violet-blue or violet-pink and have distinctive sepals that curve upwards like little cups. The large, mildly fragrant mophead-type flowers appear on medium-sized shrubs from early to midsummer. This cultivar originated from Japan and is believed to be a sport of 'Joseph Banks.'

Hydrangea macrophylla is a medium-sized, deciduous flowering shrub with large green leaves and a rounded, bushy habit. This eastern Asian native typically produces...

(Bigleaf Hydrangea, Largeleaf Hydrangea, Light-O-Day™ Bigleaf Hydrangea)

The beautifully variegated foliage of Light-O-Day™ adds cool distinction to this lacecap bigleaf hydrangea. Its large flattened flower clusters are violet-blue or violet-pink and appear on surprisingly vigorous medium to large shrubs from mid to late summer. This selection is also very cold hardy, so it is well-suited to northern landscapes.

Hydrangea macrophylla is a medium-sized, deciduous shrub with large green leaves irregularly edged in white. It produces large, open, flattened...

(Bigleaf Hydrangea, Endless Summer® Bigleaf Hydrangea, Largeleaf Hydrangea)

The merits of the everblooming hydrangea, Endless Summer®, are great. From summer to early fall it produces lots of large, mophead flower clusters that may be pink or blue. It is remarkably cold hardy for a hydrangea and also boasts a compact habit and mildew resistant, glossy foliage.

The deep green leaves of this deciduous shrub first appear in spring. By early summer, it produces lots of large, rounded flower clusters (hortensia-type) with many showy, sterile flowers of light violet-blue...

(Beauté Vendômoise Bigleaf Hydrangea, Bigleaf Hydrangea, Largeleaf Hydrangea)

An heirloom cultivar from France dating to around 1910, 'Beauté Vendômoise' produces plump, flat flower clusters from midsummer to fall frost. This bigleaf hydrangea selection is a deciduous flowering shrub with large, glossy green leaves and an upright, leggy to bushy habit. Purplish pink to blue-violet flower clusters with hints of ivory develop by midsummer. The florets first open on the outside of the cluster. The precise color of flowers varies according to soil pH. Dried flowers are an attractive...

(Bigleaf Hydrangea, Cityline Berlin Hydrangea, Largeleaf Hydrangea)

Loved for its mopheaded clusters of pink flowers in summer, Cityline™ Berlin bigleaf hydrangea is a deciduous plant with large, glossy green leaves, very dwarf habit and extraordinary clustered flowers. Botanically known as 'Berlin Rabe', it has a short, compact, mounding habit that will not outgrow its garden location, diminishing a need for any pruning, resulting in bigger flowers! In summer it produces showy mopheaded clusters of medium pink flowers that may become lavender-blue (soil pH dependent),...

(Bethany Beach Bigleaf Hydrangea, Bigleaf Hydrangea, Largeleaf Hydrangea)

The robust, pale blue-flowered 'Bethany Beach' is an exceptionally long-flowering lacecap hydrangea. Its large flattened flower clusters of pale blue or bluish pink blooms appear from early to late summer atop compact plants with glossy dark green leaves.

Hydrangea macrophylla is a medium-sized, deciduous shrub with large green leaves. This cultivar produces large, open, flattened flower clusters with small fertile flowers towards the center and showy sterile flowers along the edges....