Select Hydrangea macrophylla Cultivars
| Cultivar |
Height |
Comments |
| All Summer Beauty | 3 to 4 feet | Rich blue flowers (in acidic soil) and pink/blue (in near neutral soil); free flowering; flowers on new growth; mophead type |
| Alpengluhen | 4 to 5 feet | Rich red flowers; mophead |
| Ayesha | 3 to 6 feet | Pale blue, white, and pale pink petals; each petal has raised edges and curves inward; slight fragrance |
| Blue Billow | 2 feet | Rich blue ray flowers; bluish purple fertile flowers; 3.5" diameter; lacecap type; spread of 3 feet |
| Blue Wave | 6 feet | Ray flowers have four wavy-edged sepals; rich blue (in acidic soil) or pink or lilac (in neutral pH); vgorous; bold leaves; lacecap type; 6 to 8 foot spread |
| Cardinal Red | 4 to 6 feet | Bright red flowers with serrated edges; 6 to 8 foot spread |
| Dooley | 6 to 7 feet | Rich blue flowers (in acidic soil); flowers produced on lateral buds; mophead type; dries well |
| Endless Summer | 3 feet | Blue flowers (in acidic soil) on new growth; mophead type; 3 foot spread |
| Goliath | 4 to 6 feet | Deep pink or purplish blue flowers; vigorous; free flowering; mophead type |
| Libelle; Teller White | 4 to 6 feet | Snow white, cupped petals; sterile flowerets are loosely arranged among the multi-colored fertile center flowers; lacecap type; dark green tapering leaves |
| Mariesii | 4 to 5 feet | Few sterile flowers scattered among fertile flowers; pink or mauve-pink (pale blue in acidic soil); lacecap type |
| Mariesii Perfecta | 4 to 6 feet | Long-lasting pale pink to pale blue flowers; lacecap type when first strats flowering but becomes a mophead; vigorous; hardy |
| Masja | 3 to 4 feet | Vivid red flower; mophead type; glossy dark green leaves; hardy |
| Mathilda Gutges | 4 to 5 feet | Pink, blue, or violet flowers; mophead type |
| Merrit's Beauty | 4 to 6 feet | Carmine-red flowers; mophead type; rapid grower; 4 to 6 foot spread |
| Monrey | 3 to 4 feet | Pink flowers edged with white; 3 to 4 foot spread |
| Nigra | 4 feet | Purple-black stems in winter; soft pink to mauve-blue flowers; prune to promote best stem color; mophead type |
| Nikko Blue | 6 feet | Large, rounded medium blue flowers when grown in acidic soil; vigorous; mophead type |
| Pia; Pink Elf | 2 to 3 feet | 3 to 4"-diameter pink flowers; flowers at young age; mophead type |
| Sister Theresa | 4 to 6 feet | Snow white flowers; becomes green tinged with red with age; mophead type; 6 to 8 foot spread |