Bigleaf Hydrangea, Lacecap 'Strawberries & Cream'

I have this beautiful lace cap growing in a zone 6b and it has come back regularly and has reliably bloomed for the past 3 years. It has...Read More held up well through 3 tough New England winters & springs. Beautiful deep pinkish red flowers with a cluster of pinkish white little buds in the center. Great strong habit and shape. Blooms on new wood.

This cultivar was bred for greenhouse production and not for hardiness in the landscape. Enjoy it for a season as an annual in planters, ...Read Morebut don't expect good landscape performance where winters are cold. It is being promoted as a "gift" plant like a bunch of cut flowers.

Not to be confused with Hydrangea 'Vanilla Strawberry', which is a different species.

The Gift Hydrangea for indoors - Strawberries & Cream® - is a lace cap Hydrangea with a difference - it has stunning dark rosy-red flowe...Read Morers offset with a center having a cluster of lacy white flushed pink buds.
Once finished flowering inside, they can be moved outdoors when the average night time temperature reaches at least 60 degrees. If planting out in the garden, it is often best in mid summer with partial shade when the plant has been outside for a while and hardened to the outside climate.

The Strawberries & Cream Macrophylla Hydrangea has prospered in my Zone 7A garden in Petersburg, Virginia. I bought one (smaller than a ...Read Moreone gallon pot) that was in scrappy condition and marked-down in the garden department of a national home improvement store about five or six years ago. I planted it and mainly kept it from being engulfed by the other plants in my "cottage garden". I did occasionally toss it some hydrangea fertilizer. It didn't bloom much after the winters of 2014 and 2015, which were colder than usual, when all the hydrangeas that bloom in old wood were blighted. This spring, it is gorgeous! It has grown to about 3 X 3 feet, with many blooms.