Incredibelle Spirit's colors did not do a thing for me. Bella Anna seemed to have better shades of pink (and beige later on) but that is a personal color taste that varies from one person to another. I would buy Limelight in a second if I had space for it. It is extremely hardy and gorgeous. Especially in a shady location where the blooms will remain green longer. I saw a handful of Little Limes at a nursery but they did not look healthy and the blooms just did not look like Limelight's so I skipped it. QuickFire - Awesome and early flowering. Vanilla Strawberry - Had awesome pictures but since they can be retouched, I decided to wait and see what people thought and reported. The strawberry color change is timed to occur at times when the summer is in full swing and the lack of moisture at that time has been a problem for other growers in your area (some reported going from white to brown only). So I am not impressed and remain on the lookout reading the posts.

That TS you bought looks like a rooted cutting with about 1.5 seasons' growth on it. I'm not slamming it or anything, just observing. It can be fun watching things grow from a smaller size, especially if you've found the right conditions for it. It's likely the ones available in the next few years will be bigger (and get slightly cheaper) because it takes time to grow them larger and increase quantities, especially with the widespread droughts out there. Example: mac. Pistachio will likely not be available from F&E this year due to growing conditions.

Doing a google search on remontant hydrangeas, brought me to this thread. I own 'Wedding Gown' & 'Pistachio' or 'Glam Rock' as its known across the pond. Both hydrangeas do not get huge figure about 3' X 3'. 'Wedding Gown' I have noticed, in our zone 7 winters w/o protection dies almost to the ground and emerges with new growth in spring. The plant blooms on new wood. I have not encountered 'die to the ground' with 'Pistachio'. Both are well behaved in a Northern exposure and a Western exposure in the shadow of a magnolia.

I agree, those are all great varieties. I ended up picking up a few firelights because from what I saw, at least at the nursery, the size of the flowers, density of the petals and color seemed to bring the best of the various paniculatas into one plant. I the coming years i'll find out how it performs in the garden.