Bigleaf Hydrangea, French Hydrangea, Mophead 'Glowing Embers'

Alpengluhen, glowing embers same plant.

This hydrangea is planted on the northeast corner of my house, acid soils -- and is thriving in that location. Big, beautiful, dark purpl...Read Moree blooms that continue throughout the summer. My neighbor's deck overlooks this part of my yard -- and I hear comments from them and their guests on this hydrangea. 'Glowing Embers' has quite a bit of autumn interest too -- the blooms lose their blue, and slowly turn maroon. They do well once dried too.

This plant requires alot of water we live in a place on Lake Texoma with very sandy soil. I put a 5 gal. bucket behind the plant, I dril...Read Moreled a small hole in the side of the bucket next to the bottom of the bucket and everyday I fill it with water. This seems to keep the plant happy. The water pours out slower than I could with a hose.

I used several 'glowing embers' as foundation plantings on the north side of the house in almost total shade in clay loam soil with a hig...Read Moreh PH in zone 5. The first year their roots stayed within the amended soil I planted them in and their bloom color was pinkish-red. The second year their roots escaped into the clay, the blooms were 5-to-7 inches in diameter and the color was a deep cranberry red! Quite striking. My plants are flourishing. I highly recommend this cultivar.

They dry beautifully and retain most of their color if the stems are kept in water, but lose a lot of color if air dried.