Hydrangea - Blue Wave Lacecap
Blue Wave Lacecap Hydrangea, Hydrangea macrophylla 'Blue Wave', exhibits beautiful disc-shaped flowers that are a rich blue color in acid soils or lilac-pink in neutral soils. Use aluminum sulfate to change alkaline soil to acid and make blooms bluer, or add lime to the soil to make the flowers pinker (begin soil treatments well in advance of flowering, as in late autumn or early spring). Large, dark green foliage adds to this showy summer bloomer and blooms in July for up to two months. Blue Wave tolerates full sun only if grown with consistently moist soils. It typically grows 3-6' tall and as wide unless damaged by harsh winters or pruned smaller. Group or mass in a sheltered location in the shrub border. Also a good specimen or accent for protected locations near homes or patios. ... more info
Rose of Sharon-Morning Star The Morning Star Rose of Sharon, Hibiscus syriacus Morning Star, is an upright, deciduous shrub that is a vigorous, erect, multi-stemmed shrub that typically grows 8-12' tall. This shrub may also be trained as a single trunk tree or espalier. 'Morning Star' bears grayish blue flowers with pinkish white eyes from late summer until mid-fall. This plant really requires no pruning, unless you need to remove a dead or damaged branch. It has a long, early summer to fall bloom period. This cultivar is a sterile triploid that produces very few if any seed pods. It is an excellent flowering shrub that may be massed, planted in groups, or used as a specimen. Larger flowers may be obtained by pruning back hard to 2-3 buds in early spring. Otherwise, prune to shape.
