Cityline® Venice Hydrangea

The Cityline® Venice Hydrangea has full-sized mophead flowers, but the plant is small and compact, reaching no more than 3 feet tall, with sturdy stems that mean no flopping and collapsing of the big blooms. The blooms last for weeks and weeks, in July and August, bringing lots of color to summer, a time when flowers can be scarce in the garden. Producing either rich fuchsia-pink flowers, or deep blue ones, depending on your soil and the way you grow them, the blooms are gorgeous, and even when they finally fade they develop attractive greenish and antique tones all fall.

• Large flowers heads in bold fuchsia-pink or deep blue
• Compact plant, but full-sized flower heads
• Sturdy stems mean no flopping flowers
• Blooms last for weeks and weeks
• Perfect size for planters and pots

Grow the Cityline® Venice Hydrangea in moist, well-drained soil, and keep well-watered, as hydrangeas have low drought tolerance. In neutral or alkaline soils the flowers will be rich pink, and in acidic ones they will be blue. Planting in containers, with suitable soil and fertilizers, is the easiest and best way to change the color from that in your natural garden soil. This plant is resistant to botrytis, and pests and diseases are rarely a problem. Little or no pruning is needed, so flowers will be abundant.