Hydrangea macrophylla ´Romance´ (r)

The You & Me Romance bigleaf hydrangea is a dwarf deciduous flowering shrub with large, deep grayish green leaves and an upright but rounded, bushy habit. In summer it produces large, rounded, mophead-type clusters of large, flattened flowers light green to pink and rosy pink for months. Unlike other bigleaf hydrangeas, the developing flower buds of 'Rie 09' will first look like lacecap flowers until all blooms open up fully and then look like snowballs. The flowers are doubled (having extra rows of sepals).

These hydrangeas grow best in amply moist, well-drained, humus-rich soil and will happily grow in full sun to partial shade. Plants bloom on the previous year’s wood, so pruning should occur only immediately after they flower. This is an outstanding landscape shrub for border edges, containers, partially shaded gardens and foundations. Its blooms make wonderful, long-lasting cutflowers. Adding lime to the soil (results in more alkalinity) makes pinker blooms while adding aluminum sulphate causes more acidy soils and more lavender flowers.