(Bigleaf Hydrangea, Lacecap Hydrangea, Lanarth White Bigleaf Hydrangea)

In late summer the free-flowering 'Lanarth White' becomes covered with huge, lacy, clear white flower clusters. This compact lacecap hydrangea bears lots of showy blooms on bushy plants with lustrous deep green foliage. It is best enjoyed as a well-placed mature specimen shrub.

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

(Bigleaf Hydrangea, Lemon Daddy Bigleaf Hydrangea)

Few gardeners would rave and recommend planting a bigleaf hydrangea simply for its foliage. The glossy yellow leaves of 'Lemon Daddy' are a prized exception! It originated as a chance seedling from 'Big Daddy' cultivar growing in Marietta, Georgia. Gardener Ozzie Johnson, Jr. discovered it in 2001.

'Lemon Daddy' is a deciduous flowering shrub with large, glossy greenish yellow to bright yellow leaves. The shrub develops a compact, bushy habit. In summer it produces ball-like flower clusters...

(Bigleaf Hydrangea, Largeleaf Hydrangea, Lemon Wave Bigleaf Hydrangea)

Its hard to say which is prettier, the flowers or the foliage. The showy ‘Lemon Wave’ is an ornamental juggernaut with its beautifully variegated, tricolored leaves and blue lacecap flowers. It bears lots of showy blooms on bushy plants and is best enjoyed as a well-placed specimen shrub.

Hydrangea macrophylla is a medium-sized, deciduous shrub with large glossy dark green leaves. The foliage of ‘Lemon Wave’ is deep green edged in yellow and cream. It produces large, open, flattened...

(Bigleaf Hydrangea, Largeleaf Hydrangea, Lemon Zest Bigleaf Hydrangea)

Very few people consider planting a bigleaf hydrangea for its foliage color or texture. The glossy chartreuse leaves of 'Lemon Zest' are particularly showy in spring before they become more subdued yellow-green. This cultivar of bigleaf hydrangea is a deciduous flowering shrub with large, glossy and toothed leaves. The shrub develops a compact, bushy habit. In summer it produces ball-like flower clusters on branch tips that are usually pink but may become more lavender or blue in highly acidic soil....

(Bigleaf Hydrangea, Largeleaf Hydrangea, Libelle Bigleaf Hydrangea)

Bright white flowers cover the free-flowering Teller White in early summer. This large lacecap hydrangea bears lots of loose, snowy blooms on moderately hardy plants with glossy dark green leaves. The German cultivar name, ‘Libelle’, means dragonfly.

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

(Bigleaf Hydrangea, Largeleaf Hydrangea, Lilacina Bigleaf Hydrangea)

Bright pink or lilac blue flowers cover the free-flowering 'Lilacina' in early summer. This large lacecap hydrangea bears lots of loose, showy blooms on robust plants with glossy dark green leaves. Each long lasting, showy flower may have smooth or toothed edges.

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

(Bigleaf Hydrangea, Let's Dance™ Starlight Hydrangea)

Nicely reflowering, "fail proof" with regard to pruning and dwarf in stature, Let's Dance Starlight™ hydrangea is a deciduous plant with great garden appeal. This selection, 'Lynn', has large, glossy green leaves, bushy habit and lacecap flowers. As a member of the Let's Dance™ Series, it is known for its reblooming abilities, flowering from both old wood and new growth. Such a plant diminishes the trepidation of novice gardens to know if and when to prune! In summer 'Lynn' produces showy lacecap...

(Bigleaf Hydrangea, Largeleaf Hydrangea, Madame Emile Mouillère Bigleaf Hydrangea)

This vintage mophead hydrangea was bred in France by Emile Mouillère and first introduced in 1909. The heavy-flowering 'Madame Emile Mouillère' bears many medium-sized, rounded clusters of white serrated blooms that darken to pale pink as they age. The flowers are noted as having weak stems and appear in early to midsummer atop vigorous mounded plants.

Hydrangea macrophylla is a medium-sized, deciduous shrub with large attractive glossy green leaves. This eastern Asian native typically...

(Bigleaf Hydrangea, Largeleaf Hydrangea, Mariesii Variegated Hydrangea)

Variegated bigleaf hydrangea is a medium-sized, deciduous flowering shrub with dark green leaves edged in white and a rounded, bushy habit. In mid to late summer it produces big, flattened, lacecap-type flower clusters centered with small, fertile violet-pink flowers and edged with large, flattened, sterile flowers of palest blue to white. Flower color varies depending on soil pH. Plants grown in moderately acidic soil produce bluer flowers, while those planted in neutral to slightly alkaline soil...

(Bigleaf Hydrangea, Largeleaf Hydrangea, Mariesii Bigleaf Hydrangea)

Hardiness and high style are the main selling points of this old Japanese lacecap hydrangea. The compact 'Mariesii' was introduced to the West in the late Nineteenth Century by Charles Maries. Pale rosy pink or pale blue flowers cover the free-flowering shrub in mid to late summer. Its impressive, flattened clusters are large, loose and appear on robust plants with linear dark green leaves.

Hydrangea macrophylla is a medium-sized, deciduous shrub with large glossy green leaves. This...