Hydrangea, Summer Crush

There are plenty of red hydrangeas in Europe, but USA doesn’t really have the climate for this color in hydrangeas. It didn’t come close, until Summer Crush, whose rich raspberry red hues are the nearest to true red that any hydrangea has ever been in US soil. It’s on a gorgeous, impressively heat–tolerant plant, too. Rich green, serrated foliage fills out a compact habit.  It is extremely bud hardy, so it will reliably bloom on both old and new wood.

The wealth of flowers will bring on the butterflies. Also, as a macrophylla, it changes colors depending on the pH balance of the soil, but not to the typical blue. If your soil is more acidic, with a good aluminum availability, it will flower in rich purple.

Description

Height: 2′
Width: 3′
Light Needs: Partial Sun

Full Shade

Key Features: Showy Flowers

Shade Gardening

Bloom Color: Red

Purple

Bloom Season: Early Summer

Late Summer

Early Fall

 Foliage Color: Green
Seasons Of Interest: Summer

Fall

Growth Rate: Moderate
 Growth Habit: Mounded

Additional information

Light needs

Full Shade, Partial Shade

Key features

Shade Gardening, Showy Flowers

Foliage color

Green

Flower color

Purple, Red

Bloom season

Early Fall, Early Summer, Late Summer

Season of interest

Fall, Summer

Growth rate

Moderate

Habit

Mounding