‘Bluebird’ syn. ‘Acuminata’

A thoroughly graceful and elegant hydrangea, the flowers of ‘Bluebird’ take a classic lacecap form; shapely and understated with large, clear, sterile florets around the periphery of a woadblue dome of fertile blooms. The blue colour is reasonably stable with variations in soil pH, too, although it can be more mauve or even pale pink on a very alkaline site. In autumn, the large sterile florets turn to face downwards and are infused with magenta and mulberry, complemented by the foliage, which turns copper-bronze towards the end of the season.

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H/S: Up to 1.2m (4ft).