#Hydrangea star gazer series

The intensity develops for a number of reasons: the heredity of a particular hydrangea variety, weather conditions (hot or cold, humid or dry), health of the plant, and possibly other natural factors. One can rarely change the intensity of a color (how strong or pale the color is). Intensity of color has to do with variety but not really soil chemistry. Some can change fully from blue to pink with soil manipulation but most will only reflect some tonal changes (blues to purplish, pinks to mauve). Reblooming lacecap of pink to blue double florets (pH dependent) with white edges. I'm not at all sure I'd take the word of the cut flower growing market over those who specialize in growing ONLY hydrangeas :-) FWIW, all colored blossomed macrophyllas are sensitive to pH and aluminum levels to various degrees (whites are unaffected). Due to typical local aluminum concentrations, blue flowered hydrangeas are a uniformly true blue if grown in open organic soil unrelated to any concrete. Soils in the PNW are typically slightly to moderately acidic.around 6.0 to 6.5. Truly, one does not need a soil pH anywhere close to 5.0 to grow blue hydrangeas. In less than sufficiently acidic soils, aluminum tends to be unavailable or bound up but you can have a soil pH as low as 4.0 and if there are insufficient levels of aluminum, you will never have a blue flowered hydrangea. Horse puckey!! It is the aluminum in the soil that makes blue hydrangeas blue.

#Hydrangea star gazer series

It is part of the DOUBLE DELIGHTS SERIES from Ball Ornamentals. 'Kompeito' (trade name of STAR GAZER) is a compact lacecap cultivar that typically grows to 3-4' tall and to 3-5' wide. Perhaps a bed of spring and fall flowering bulbs atop the retaining wall with an overplanting of everblooming daylilies. Specific epithet comes from the Greek words makros meaning large and phyllon meaning leaf in reference to plant leaves. You do not want the house to appear like a tract house with builder plantings. Large lacecap flowers have double blue or pink florets with white picotee edges. HYDRANGEA macrophylla Star Gazer Forms a compact plant with crisp, dark green, glossy foliage. Depending on the size of the lot you may not need anymore landscaping as the house should be the focus with this style. HYDRANGEA macrophylla Star Gazer Double Delights Star Gazer Hydrangea. Try to match the bricks of the wall to the bricks of the home. Depending on the height of the wall you can espalier again or have edging plants atop the wall that cascade as well as plants at the base of the wall to soften it. I cannot see how far you are from the road, but I recommend you have good soil brought in and build a retaining wall so you can fill up to the level of the home. I normally like to espalier in a formal shape however I recommend you cover as much of the brick wall as possible since it is disproportionate in size for the house. On the far right I would espalier magnolias in keeping with Southern look of the home. I suggest you plant either bougainvillea or climbing roses (depending on your climate) on either side of both arches and train over the arches.