This purple lacecap hydrangea is an elegant variety. Garden book author Norman Winter writes about his appreciation of hydrangeas and the new Twist-n-Shout variety that is available.

So if your hydrangeas have blue flowers and you want pink ones, modify your pH by adding dolomitic limestone at a rate of about 1 cup per 10 square feet and water it into the soil.

Lacecap Blue Wave - Photo courtesy - Sherida Phibbs Right outside of my kitchen window is a lacecap Hydrangea. It is 7 feet tall and at least 7-8 feet wide. Starting in the late spring it starts to ...

A variegated lacecap hydrangea, snowberry and rhodies add layers of height. In 10 years, the side yard has come slowly into its own as the maples have grown, a path was put in, and plants have ...

News & Information Outreach - All UC ANR blogsThis type of hydrangea blooms on ‘old wood,’ in other words stems from the previous year’s growth. If that is all pruned out you are left with lovely ...

I love the variegated lacecap 'Mariesii Variegata,' but it's more prone to pout when conditions are less than ideal. Perhaps it would be less picky for you.

When you grow a potted hydrangea, you have more control over the flower color. That's why the florists' hydrangeas, those 1-gallon pots with oversize flowers, are such intense shades of pink or blue.