Proven Winners® Color Choice® Let’s Dance® Starlight Hydrangea
Let’s Dance Starlight Bigleaf Hydrangea (Hydrangea macrophylla) is a lacecap cultivar from Proven Winners known for its blue and pink flowers and rich green foliage. It represents the first reblooming lace-cap hydrangea and has exceptionally rich vibrant bloom colors. The lacecap florets will turn blue in highly acidic soils and pink in slightly acidic or alkaline soils. Add aluminum sulfate to the soil to encourage blue flower color and lime to encourage pink.
Big Leaf hydrangeas are deciduous shrubs that are ideal for any shade setting and prized for their large, bright florets and dense, serrated foliage. Let’s Dance Starlight Hydrangea that thrives in USDA Zone 5-9 with partial shade and well-drained soils but can also tolerate full sun if the soil is kept moist. This flowering shrub blooms every summer on both old and new growth, regardless of the severity of the preceding winter.
Hydrangea macrophylla ‘Lynn’ grows to be 2 to 3 feet tall and wide and is perfect for shrub borders, groupings, or masses. Its compact size makes it ideal for mixed containers and its height makes it the perfect “thriller” element to the “thriller, spiller, filler” container grouping. The lacecap blooms also make beautiful cut flower arrangements that can be dried to create wreaths and other decorations.
