Bigleaf Hydrangea, French Hydrangea, Mophead 'Peace'

I've been growing two examples of Peace for several years. It's easily the MOST reliable white-blooming hydrangea macrophylla in my garde...Read Moren! In zone 6B it freezes nearly to be ground but rebounds back to a tidy 3x3' size and cranks out 6-12 gigantic blooms per plant on new wood (slightly larger than a white rhododendron), but no more than a foot across. Its stems are slightly sprawling in nature but always point upward at the ends - unless there is a bloom full of rain beads, and then it flops somewhat but not all the way. The foliage color is light green so it can brighten a darker corner. The leaves are also glossy, somewhat smooth-edged, and cupped, giving the plant a very tropical look.

A nice 3-gallon nursery specimen sold under the Forever & Ever plant line at Lowe's for $25 is more than worth the price - you won't be disappointed!