Big Daddy Hydrangea – 1 Gallon Pot

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Flowering Period:  Early Summer through Fall!

Flower Type:  Single in large clusters

Fragrant Flowers:  No

Foliage Color:  Rich Medium to Dark Green

Fragrant Foliage:  No

Berries:  NA

Berry Color:  NA

Attracts:  Visual Attention

Resistances:  Disease, Drought (when established in part shade), Heat, Humidity, Insect

Big Daddy 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 will make blue flowers while a neutral to slightly alkaline soil will make pink flowers.

Note:  Big Daddy is a Hydrangea macrophylla species that produces its flowers from buds that formed on “old wood” (during the previous year). This means that even though it is tempting to cut them back in the winter, when they are only bare sticks jutting out of the ground, don’t do it. The flower buds are already formed and hidden in those bare sticks, so don’t cut them off if you want flowers.