Bloomstruck Endless Summer® Hydrangea

Hydrangea macrophylla ‘P11HM-11′ Bloomstruck

Plant Details

USDA Plant Hardiness Zones: 4a-9b Find Your Zone

Plant Type: Deciduous Flowering Shrub

Height at Maturity: 3-4′

Width at Maturity: 4-5′

Spacing: 3.5′ for solid hedges; 8’+ for space between plants

Growth Habit / Form: Bushy, Dense, Globose/Round, Mounding

Flower Color: Violet-Blue to Purple in acid soil or Deep Rose Pink in alkaline soil

Flower Size: Large – up to 5″ inch diameter!

Flowering Period: Early Summer through Fall!

Flower Type: Single in large clusters

Fragrant Flowers: No

Foliage Color: Green

Fragrant Foliage: No

Berries: NA

Berry Color: NA

Sun Needs: Part Shade (South) – Sun or Part Shade (North)

Water Needs: Average, Lower when established

Soil Type: Clay (amended), Loam, Sand (amended), Silt

Soil Moisture / Drainage: Well Drained Moist

Soil pH: 6.0 – 8.0 (Moderately Acid to Moderately Alkaline)

Maintenance / Care: Low

Attracts: Visual Attention

Resistances: Deer – more info, Disease, Drought (when established in part shade), Heat, Humidity, Insect

Description

Reblooming all summer long, ‘Bloomstruck’ is a cross between ‘The Original’ and ‘Twist-n-Shout’, two members of the Endless Summer® Hydrangea series, which were bred for their cold hardiness and the ability to bloom on both old and new wood. Bloomstruck produces abundant large flower clusters of deep purple to vivid deep rose or any shade between depending on the soil pH. Sometimes several color shades of flowers will show on the same bush. An acid soil will create deep violet-blue to purple flowers while an alkaline soil creates deep rose-pink flowers. Strong red-purple stems and dark green leaves with red petioles and red veins turn a handsome reddish purple in fall.

Landscape & Garden Uses

Growing in a rounded mound 4 feet tall and wide and producing abundant flowers throughout the season, the Bloomstruck Hydrangea is useful as an accent, in groupings, or as a natural hedge in home foundation plantings and landscape borders. It is also highly suitable for container culture and is a fine addition to Hydrangea gardens, cut flower gardens, cottage gardens and pink or purple theme gardens, depending on soil pH.

Suggested Spacing: 3.5 feet apart for solid hedges; 8 feet or more apart for space between plants

Note: For our customers who live and garden north of USDA Planting Zone 4a, where this Hydrangea variety is not reliably winter hardy outdoors, you can enjoy it in containers that can be moved indoors during winter and placed back outside when temperatures warm up in spring.

Growing Preferences

Bloomstruck Endless Summer® Hydrangea is easy to grow in a moist but well-drained soil of average fertility. An acid soil will create deep violet-blue to purple flowers while an alkaline soil creates deep rose-pink flowers. The plants will tolerate full sun in northern zones however will appreciate some afternoon shade or filtered sun in warmer southern zones. We suggest at least 5 hours of direct sunlight per day or all day lightly filtered sun for best flowering. Unlike other mophead hydrangea, you can prune the Endless Summer hydrangeas at any time of year, though we recommend a late winter pruning and a deadheading (removal of faded flowers) after its first flush of blooms have faded.

Note: Bloomstruck is an everblooming Hydrangea macrophylla species that produces its flowers from buds formed on both new and old wood.

For proper pruning time and techniques on various types of Hydrangea see: How To Prune Various Types of Hydrangea

Helpful Articles

Click on a link below to find helpful advice from our experts on how to plant, fertilize, prune and water Hydrangea shrubs.

How To Plant Hydrangeas In The Ground & Pots

How To Prune Various Types Of Hydrangea

How To Fertilize And Water Hydrangeas

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Beautiful Plant. I haven’t had it long enough to give a detailed review of this item. Maybe in the spring I can offer more of a review for this plant Great packaging.—————————————————————We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy it for years to come! Thanks for the great review! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG

The good-sized plant arrived healthy and well packaged. Sadly, the stems were clipped, as per their standard procedures, so I don’t expect to see blooms any time soon. I can’t wait to see the purple blossoms.——————————————————I hope it blooms soon, sometimes we have to prune before or at delivery. It’s best for the plant You may see blooms before you think. We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy it for years to come! Thanks for the kind words and great review! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG

I’m giving this item a 5 star because the ordering process was great and the plant is beautiful. No flowers yet but overall I’m happy. I will say I wish the plants were a little less pricey because there’s a lot that I see I would love to have. I’ll just keep checking the sale section and hope they come up there.——————————————————We have a huge Sale Section maybe what you want will show up there. We are so glad you are pleased with your purchase! Thanks for the great review! Beth | WBG 🙂