I have planted Hydrandea Variegata which is a lacecap variety. It is extremely hardy and the leaves are more beautiful than the flowers. They are rimmed in creamy white. I bought mine at the local Home Depot for about $15.oo.

Webcat,

Do you know if it is also known as Mariesii Variegata: Are the blossoms pinkish or bluish? It may be the same kind I picked up this week at a local nursery.

sandyinva

Check out Veitchii. Lacecap with dark blue sterile and white fertile sepals. Dark green leaves, mildew resistant, does well with minimal sun. Brightens up a shady spot. If you can find the new Endless Summer variety 'Blushing Bride', it also looks like a great plant for a shady spot. As long as it's not DEEP shade, you should be ok with any number of varieties....yg

Ooops, I meant blue fertile and white sterile...yg

Is there one with white flowers that blooms in the shade?

I have an Ayesha in almost full shade (gets a little very dappled sun in the morning) and it has lots of blooms on it. Its not white, but seems to do well in shade.

Annabelle has lots of blooms for me in the deep, dark shade. Endless Summer is in the same spot and has never bloomed there.

Blushing Bride and Annabele both do well in the shade and also Glory Blue for me

Sister Therese is another, similar to Annabelle, which doesn't like the sun much (hangs like a dog). It is gorgeous.

Annabelle is similar but has smaller, tighter flower petals.

I've been told the flowers of Therese will hold their heads high.

I believe Annabelle's stems are very vertical.

Here is a link that might be useful: Soeur Therese

Flowerhead for similar hydrangea. Note it grows on new growth.

Here is a link that might be useful: Annabelle

How shady is shady? I have paniculata that bloom just fine in my bright shade on the north side of my house.

Hi silvergold,

With the exception of maybe an hour in the early morning, it does not recieve sun. This area is shielded from the sun by my neighbors hedge on one side and my two cherry trees.

sandyinva

Right - but some shade is bright and some is dark. Mine gets no direct sun either except maybe an hour or so in the very early morning or evening - this is mostly early in the season. But as there is nothing to block light other than the house it is very bright. (There is nothing to the south east or west to bluck light. Shade varies. Is sun bocked on just one side?

I don't know what I was thinking, I planted 2 Annabelles in the sun. They bloom, but not very well, and this summer it has been so hot they were scorched. When to move them, fall or spring?

During the morning hours, I would say that it is bright shade. The sun rises behind and to the left of this area, during the midday hours. By 2-3 pm, it recieves less sun, b/c the sun has passed over, and is now infront of and slightly to the right of the proposed site before setting. ( this is all backyard)

Basically, the sun rises behind our house on the left hand side, crosses over the backyard towards the front, giving the veggie garden in the back on the right side, sun between 11- 5 pm, and the front yhard sunlight hours in the afternoon.

The oakleaf hydrangeas do great in full shade. I have one in dark, full shade and it blooms well. Most of the oakleafs are white or cream.