Need info on Hydrangea Delft Blue

last year

Hi! I received this as a gift, but it has no info on the tag except the grower's URL, which is empty when I visited it. I have other hydrangeas, so I'm not unfamiliar with the plant. I know it's a mophead, but I know nothing about potential size (is this a drawf I can plant in a container?). I have to assume its care will be similar to other mopheads (pH color changes, blooms on old wood, etc.). Is anyone familiar with this variety? TYIA!

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DCF-Z6A
Original Author
last year
And, yes! I Googled everywhere yesterday for info and came up with nothing. So here I am! :-)
gardengal48 (PNW Z8/9)
last year
Another Dutch import as part of the My Beautiful series. These have been bred as florist or gift plants (why it is flowering now) rather than a landscape item so extra caution may be required, especially in your zone. It is supposed to stay compact at 3-4' tall and 3-4' wide so a good candidate for a container. Which is smart in your area, as it will need winter protection.
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DCF-Z6A
Original Author
last year
As always, gardengal, you come through! Thank you!! May I ask if you found this info out online, where? Is there more info I can gather there? Or it's just from your wealth of experience? I was flummoxed to hit a dead end in my research.

(Given the loads of flowers, I knew it was forced and might not flower again this season, but I didn't want to bother planting it unless it could survive. I'll wait til risk of frost has passed up here; it'll be on our deck, so easy to protect next spring.)
gardengal48 (PNW Z8/9)
last year
I did find the info online but it took some doing!! A couple of sites had some clues that I used to hunt a bit further but most were European growers websites with minimal data. I'm not sure you will find much more but maybe search under the My Beautiful series to see what that turns up.
luis_pr
last year
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Very nice shade of purple. Reminds me of another mophead I saw at a grocery store in Columbia. Almost bought it but decided not to fly back home carrying it. Trying to replicate soil conditions would have been tough. Lt alone flying back on an airplane somehow. Ha. Most florist hydrangeas tend to be compact (no guarantees though) so consider a larger pot when you have time. Yes, its care will be similar to that of other mopheads. Purples may need a pH around 6. Its winter hardiness will depend on your location (probably not in 6a) and how much hardiness -if any- was bred into it. Many times, they are not that winter hardy so they tend to be bloom unreliable and all new spring growth originates from the crown. In that case, they will need winter protection (if planted outside) from your city's average date of first frost through your average date of last frost. Or you could grow it in the pot and move the pot into a garage/basement during that same timeframe.