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Endless summer color me pink10/2/2023 Toxic to dogs, toxic to cats, toxic to horses.Wear gloves and other protective equipment when handling. Let these plants grow a season or two before doing any serious 'hard' pruning. May cause mild stomach upset if ingested, and contact with foliage may aggravate skin allergies. The Endless Summer hydrangea made a huge splash on the Minnesota landscape plant scene because of its pink to blue color flowers (achievable with proper soil amendment) and because it blooms on old and new wood.This species has naturalized in China, New Zealand, and the Americas. It is reported from seaside habitats as well as mountains in Japan, from Honshu southwards. Hydrangea macrophylla species is native to Japan.Propagate by softwood cuttings in early summer, or by hardwood cuttings in winter. ![]() ![]() If it’s hard to name a color, it’s probably in the Summer palette. Orange, warm beiges and browns have no place here. Think of the blue-greens of water, rose, pearl, white sand, cool pink-beige, cocoa brown, and blued and pinked grays. Prune out weak or winter-damaged stems in early spring. The colors of Summer are cool, muted colors grayed with their complement. This beautiful deciduous shrub should be pruned after flowering by cutting back the stems to a pair of healthy buds.Treatment should occur ahead of time (late fall or early spring) To change the color of your Hydrangea, add aluminum sulfate to the soil to make the flowers bluer or add lime to the soil to make them pinker.Keep an eye out for aphids, capsid bugs, red spider mites, stem and bulb eelworms, vine weevils, scale insects, honey fungus, gray molds, powdery mildews, leaf spot.Remove spent flowers to promote new blooms.Perfect from foundation plantings to container plantings.Performs best in part shade in humus-rich, moist, well-drained soils.Grows with an upright, rounded habit to 18-36 in.Exceptionally cold hardy, with great disease resistance, especially to wilt, Summer Crush is great for smaller spaces in the garden and is the perfect size for patio containers. The flowers are borne on strong, upright stems above the handsome foliage of dark green glossy leaves. ![]() Blooming on both old and new growth, this reblooming hydrangea flowers consistently and provides gorgeous flowers all summer long, as flower buds are produced not only in the fall but also in spring and summer. The Endless Summer® Collection includes a range of cultivars, ranging from Mophead flowering types to the delightful Lace-cap types. Prized for its intense, deep coloration, Hydrangea macrophylla Endless Summer® Summer Crush® is a compact, deciduous shrub boasting a profusion of rounded flower heads densely packed with big raspberry red or neon purple florets. The Endless Summer® Hydrangea are generous, deciduous shrubs with large, spectacular flower heads, with the unique ability to repeat flower from early summer to autumn with regular deadheading.
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