Introduced in 2004, The Original Endless Summer® revolutionized the hydrangea world. Endless Summer provides an abundance of large and beautiful flower clusters all summer long and deep into fall. If your Endless Summer hydrangea has bloomed before, determine what may have changed about its original location. The Original also has the ability to bloom as an eye-catching blue hydrangea OR pink hydrangea by adjusting your soil’s pH level as needed. The large globe-shaped blooms are affected by the pH of the soil. Hydrangea Endless Summer - Blushing Bride is a reblooming variety with pure white semi-double flowers. Latin Name Pronunciation: hye-dran'jee-uh Growing H. macrophylla. Growing to approximately 4 feet, these decidious shrubs perform best in morning sun and aftenoon shade. Endless Summer does flower on new growth, but most of the flowers are developed on old wood. Hydrangea Endless Summer #1-17 $22.95 Hydrangea Endless Summer #3-17 $32.95 endless summer® 'the original' will revolutionize the macrophylla hydrangea market because, unlike all the others, it blooms reliably on new wood. 'Endless Summer' was developed by Minnesota's Bailey Nurseries in collaboration with renowned woody plant guru, Michael Dirr. Walking through Bailey's planting fields, Mike noticed an unusual specimen of Hydrangea macrophylla that bloomed not only on old growth, as most do, but on new growth too. Hydrangea m `Endless Summer` Pp15298 here's a plant to shout about from the highest mountaintop! With a height and spread of 3′-4’, this plant blooms on both old and new growth so it’s bloom time is from July through September. It is equally hardy as it is beautiful. Well, you have to know something about the history of the plant. When Endless Summer bigleaf hydrangea (Hydrangea macrophylla "Bailmer") burst onto the scene in the early 2000s, it was the first hydrangea of its kind to bloom on both old wood and new stems from the current year. Before that time, similar hydrangeas bloomed only in spring on stems that withstood winter. Some Hydrangea macrophylla varieties flower on old wood, and must carry their flower buds through the winter. It had the game-changing capacity to produce flowers on new growth as well as old wood. This hydrangea plant is also full of autumn colour with leaves turning red and yellow later in the year. In late-summer the plant forms the germ of the majority of its flowers for the next year. Over the years this genetic trait, known as remontancy, has become the holy grail for hydrangea breeders because it … Early or late freezes may damage flower buds and prevent them from blooming. The endless summer hydrangea plant is known for its striking shades of whites, pinks, violets and blues. 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