March 2008
Endless Summer® Hydrangea Companion Planting
Endless Summer Hydrangeas are so versatile, they're ideal for every area of your garden. Here are just a few great ways to include Endless Summer Blushing Bride and Endless Summer The Original in your spring plantings:
- Shrub or perennial border
- Container gardens
- Patio or deck accents
- Foundation plantings
- Specimen plant
- Wonderful gifts for weddings, birthdays, Mother’s Day, Father’s Day and house warming celebrations
- Dried flowers make gorgeous wreaths, floral arrangements and table settings
Pairing Tips:
Endless Summer The Original and Blushing Bride look wonderful paired together or individually with companion plants.
Their deep green foliage combines beautifully with low-growing variegated shade plants such as:
- Pulmonaria ‘Raspberry Splash’
- Variegated Hostas
- Brunnera ‘Jack Frost’ or ‘Looking Glass’
- Polemonium ‘Stairway to Heaven’
Endless Summer Hydrangeas also look great when combined with billowy plants for a contrast in form. Great options to try include:
- Geranium ‘Rozanne’ or ‘Brookside’
- Nepeta ‘Walker’s Low’
- Digitalis
- Hollyhocks
Shade annual pairing choices include:
- Double impatiens
- Dusty Miller
- Fuchsia
- Lobelia
- Nemesia Torenia
If you’re growing Endless Summer Hydrangeas in large containers, where they are getting more sun and regular water, the combinations are endless:
- Pansys and violas give you color until the hydrangeas bloom
- Trailing petunias
- Begonias
- Calibrachoa
- Diascia
- Lobelia
- Trailing verbena
Visit endlesssummerblooms.com for more information and beautiful, high-resolution images. We’ve expanded the content for both garden journalists and consumers to provide growing tips, planting ideas and ways to preserve these beautiful hydrangeas for lasting decorations. The site also features a retail locator so your readers can find a garden center near them to purchase Endless Summer The Original and Blushing Bride.
Bailey Nurseries is a family-owned wholesale nursery with home offices in St. Paul, Minnesota. It is among the top wholesale nurseries in the United States and provides industry members throughout the U.S. and Canada with a full line of bareroot and container-grown plants from Bailey’s properties in Minnesota, Oregon, and Washington.