Penny Mac Hydrangea Change Color Based on Soil Acidity! Penny Mac Hydrangea Offers Vibrant Pink or Blue Blooms All Summer Long with Easy Care and Repeat Flowering Enjoy months of colorful blooms with the Penny Mac Hydrangea shrub—an award-winning, easy-care plant that produces big pink or blue flowers depending on your soil pH. Perfect for partial shade gardens and ideal for beginners. One of the best varieties of the newer cultivars of the popular garden hydrangea, the Penny Mac was awarded a Louisiana Super Plant selection for spring 2012. It was aptly named after Penny McHenry from Atlanta Georgia, who is the founder of the American Hydrangea Society in 1994. She received the original plant as a gift and it has been cloned ever since in her honor. Get Penny Mac hydrangeas for sale at Perfect Plants for a beautiful shrub that changes colors with the soil acidity. What Color Are Penny Mac Hydrangeas? Mini penny hydrangeas tend to have blue flowers in acidic soils and pink flowers in more alkaline soils depending on the soil pH. The dark green leaves will stay on the shrub until the first frost and contrast the blooming mophead flowers nicely. For best results, begin soil treatments well before the Penny Mac Hydrangea flowers in late autumn or early spring. We have seen color mixtures of pink, blue, and purple on this repeat bloomer and it is seriously gorgeous! Penny Mac Hydrangea Planting This blue hydrangea cultivar thrives in rich, well-drained soils and prefers partial shade unless grown in consistently moist soil. A slow-release fertilizer at the top of the root ball annually will encourage new growth. This acid-loving plant is the perfect shrub for dappled shade in your backyard. The flower color can be changed by adding pH-changing substances to the soil. To make the large flowers have blue blooms add aluminum sulfate to their soil. To see more pink flower buds add dolomite lime to the soil. Creates a gorgeous pink/blue display in any yard or landscape when you buy Penny Mac Hydrangeas. Are Penny Mac Hydrangea Shrubs Perennial? Like most hydrangeas, Penny Macs are perennial plants, meaning that they’ll continue to regrow each year after planting them in your garden. They’re deciduous, so the flowers and leaves will wither in the late fall and winter. Nevertheless, as long as you take good care of your Penny Mac hydrangeas, they’ll bloom again in the spring. How big do Penny Mac hydrangeas get? Penny Mac hydrangea can grow anywhere from 4 to 6 feet tall and wide with ample room to establish their root systems. It will stay small and compact if planted in a small space, like a pot. Water thoroughly the first year of planting to establish before winter. How much sun does a Penny Mac hydrangea need? Hydrangea Penny Macs thrive best in partial sun and partial shade. Shop for Penny Macs if you can plant these flowers in an area that will get about 4 hours of sunlight each day to ensure a healthy plant that lasts for years. Too much sun is one of the main reasons why hydrangeas wilt. Penny Mac Hydrangea Pruning This deciduous shrub generally does not need much pruning. Hydrangea blooms on new wood so pruning dead wood from the previous year is okay. You can also prune crossed branches or maintain desired size and shape. Why Buy from Perfect Plants Nursery? Ordering flowering shrubs online has never been easier, but buying direct from the grower is a whole other hassle. When buying from Perfect Plants you can rest easy knowing you’re buying from a family-run Florida farm which has been operating since 1980. Shop the Penny Mac Hydrangea for sale. Browse our complete collection of hydrangeas and flowering shrubs for sale.
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