20+ Mini Penny Hydrangea Vs Endless Summer

Jul 27 2016 mini penny hydrangeas on left and endless summer on right stay safe and healthy.
Mini penny hydrangea vs endless summer. Blossoms tend to be blue in acidic soils and pink in more alkaline soils. With its disease and mildew resistance this low maintenance hydrangea provides easy care with superior performance. It is hardy to zone 4 climate with floewers up to 8 in diameter. The best hydrangeas for sun. Large mophead flowers appear nearly continuously on this exceptional dwarf shrub. This is the compact version of the original penny mac hydrangea named for penny mchenry founder of the american hydrangea society. While several species of hydrangeas thrive in shade panicle hydrangeas hydrangea paniculata are the best for growing in full sun these summer blooming shrubs produce large clusters of white flowers for several weeks.
Compact size is wonderful for use as a container plant low flowering hedge or highlight of a flowering border. First true compact re blooming mophead. The color depends on the ph of the soil. When planting in proximity to other plants using as a hedge screening or as a border plant spacing for your mini penny hydrangea should be at minimum 3 feet center on center. Endless summer the original blooms on new and old wood. Please practice hand washing and social distancing and check out our resources for adapting to these times. Mini new wood blooming cultivar.
The showy blooms fade to shades of pink or red before drying to beige. Endless summer is a mop head type hydrangea with the unique ablity to bloom consistently on both old and new growth. Smaller and more compact than traditional hydrangeas. Pruning method for mini penny is the same as with endless summer and other reblooming hydrangeas. Hydrangea macrophylla mini penny plant patent 15 744. Penny mac twist n shout and blushing bride also bloom on new and old wood. Mini penny was developed by michael dirr of the university of georgia research foundation from a seedling of an open pollinated hydrangea macrophylla penny mac.
Blue to pink large mophead blooms. Mini penny is a hydrangea macrophylla species that produces its first round of flowers during the current season from buds formed on old wood during the previous year. The result is a plant that provides beautiful flowers all summer long. My first hydrangea a friend of mine once gave me a beautiful floral arrangement that included a living hydrangea in it.