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Endless Summer Hydrangea

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I put in an Endless Summer hydrangea in my front door garden two years ago. It came through this winter quite well and promptly started filling out with shoots and the richly green, heart shaped leaves that are characteristic of hydrangeas.

Last year the blooms were not a very deep blue because I don’t do anything to change the neutral soil and somewhat alkaline water. It took frequent watering then to keep the still new plant from wilting

The Annabelle hydrangea never sulks the way the blue and variegated types do for me.

Those large variegated leaves are Frances Williams hostas unfolding in front.

Tags: Endless Summer hydrangea, Frances Williams hosta

About Ilona Erwin

I was a garden blog pioneer, and began writing on this blog in 2003. Before that I had begun a garden website that has been at its own domain since 2006, Ilona's Garden.

I still love writing, gardening, and art after all these years, although travel and grandchildren have become a big part of my life, now.

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  1. Tatyana says

    Hi Ilona! I have two Endless Summer Hydrangeas and I love them. They actually bloom all the time. Although, I read on one blog, don’t remember which one, that there are people who are disappointed with it. I think we have right conditions for it! Also, love your hostas!

  3. Ilona says

    By all mean, put in hostas, and Frances Williams is a wonderful one. Living in the south, you will want to be sure they are in the shade: the leaves of this one can burn in the sun.