Plant: Eclipse - Hydrangea
Hydrangea · Hydrangea macrophylla 'Bailmacseven'
Size: 3 gal
Light
Bloom
Mature size
More about this plant
Eclipse is a bigleaf hydrangea grown as much for its foliage as its flowers: the leaves are an intense dark purple that holds colour even in warm climates, and the mophead blooms open amethyst or cranberry against them. It makes a mounded shrub about 3 to 5 feet tall and wide, hardy in zones 5 to 9, and wants morning sun with part shade and medium to high moisture. The dark leaves make it a strong focal point in a bed or a decorative container, and the flowers cut well.
- Part Shade
- Grows to 5 ft tall and 5 ft wide
- Blooms in summer
- Hardy in USDA zones 5-9
- Deciduous foliage
Plant description
Eclipse is a bigleaf hydrangea grown as much for its foliage as its flowers: the leaves are an intense dark purple that holds colour even in warm climates, and the mophead blooms open amethyst or cranberry against them. It makes a mounded shrub about 3 to 5 feet tall and wide, hardy in zones 5 to 9, and wants morning sun with part shade and medium to high moisture. The dark leaves make it a strong focal point in a bed or a decorative container, and the flowers cut well.
- Flowers
- Mophead heads in amethyst or cranberry, the colour reading against near black foliage.
- Foliage
- Intense, dark purple leaves that hold their colour even in warm climates.
- Light
- Morning Sun
