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As I browsed through flower catalogs I noticed a company selling what they claimed to be a bi-colored hydrangea. From what I understand, hydrangeas flower's vary in color according to how acidic the soil is, so my question is how is a bi-colored hydrangea possible? Has anyone
grown anything like it with similiar results depicted in the photos?



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The edges of the sepals are white but the rest is either pink or blue based on the soil pH. The white edge will not change color. This is the original bi-color hydrangea and is sometimes called Sensation. Its origin is unclear but it could have hybridized using a white blooming hydrangea with a pink/blue blooming hydrangea. Newer varieties that sport this bi-color scheme with lace cap blooms are the Halo Series.

For more information on the Halo Series, go to https://www.halohydrangeas.com/Halo%20Hydrangea/HaloHydrangeaPlantListing.aspx

Grow these like the Floribunda Hydrangea. Lots and lots of fertilizer mulch in fall with burlap cover. Lots of bloodmeal/ bonemeal in spring. (heavy feeders only if organic) Water early spring if it did not get any snow on or around it during winter. Love water but not wet feet, much like roses. Lots of air movement around stems and foliage. Do not let other plants overcrowd base or smaller new plants.
Picky breed, that's why I like it! Have fun.

Late last summer I purchased 3 specimen that were bi-colored, 2 purple and white and 1 blue and white. I'd never seen these before, so I snatched them up on sale. The tag called them 'chiffon hydrangea.' I've never been able to find anything of a variety of hydrangea named chiffon, so I'm not exactly sure what I have. I definitely hydrangea, based on the leaves, although they are quite a bit smaller than the leaves on the macro.

I basically just cut these plants into pieces and shipped the pieces but not the rootballs to myself from Baltimore where my son lives. When I got home and received the shipment, I made 4" cuttings out of all the pieces. They rooted easily enough and I put each in a 4" individual pot. The tag also said they were hardy in zone 7 or able, so I wintered the cuttings over in my semi-heated green house.

Having just watered everyting in my greenhouse and brought all the plants out of dormancy, I am happy to note that most of my cuttings are showing green. But I'm still puzzled about what kind of hydrangea I have.