Bluebird Lacecap Hydrangea
Hydrangea serrata ‘Blue Bird’
Plant Details
USDA Plant Hardiness Zones: 5a-8a Find Your Zone
Shrub Type: Deciduous Flowering Shrub
Height at Maturity: 5-6′
Width at Maturity: 4-6′
Spacing: 3-4′ apart for solid hedges; 8’or more apart for space between plants
Growth Habit / Form: Bushy, Dense, Globose/Round, Mounding
Flower Color: Blue, White
Flower Size: Large – up to 6-8″ inch diameter
Flowering Period: Summer
Flower Type: Lacecap
Fragrant Flowers: No
Foliage Color: Green
Fragrant Foliage: No
Berries: NA
Berry Color: NA
Sun Needs: Part Shade, Morning Sun, Filtered Sun (South) – Sun or Part Shade (North)
Water Needs: Average, Lower when established
Soil Type: Clay (amended), Loam, Sand (amended), Silt
Soil Moisture / Drainage: Well Drained Moist
Soil pH: 6.0 – 8.5 (Moderately Acid to Moderately Alkaline)
Maintenance / Care: Low
Attracts: Visual Attention
Resistances: Disease, Drought (when established in part shade), Heat, Humidity, Insect
Description
A beautiful sight to behold in full bloom, the Bluebird Hydrangea produces LOADS of some of the most beautiful flowers we’ve ever seen on a Hydrangea. The lacecap flowers consist of hummingbird-blue center florets surrounded by a ring of light lavender-blue flowers. The flowers will bloom a stronger blue in acid soils. Aluminum sulfate can be applied to increase the acidity of the soil. The leaves of Bluebird Hydrangea are large and bright green in color, and turn to an attractive red in fall.
Landscape & Garden Uses
Growing 5 to 6 feet tall and 4 to 6 feet wide in a rounded mound, Bluebird Hydrangea can be grown in garden beds or containers. It is ideal for use as a specimen or accent in home foundation plantings, flowering shrub borders and perennial gardens. In larger landscape spaces it is especially dramatic in small to large groupings or in straight or staggered rows as a colorful hedge.
Suggested Spacing: 3 to 4 feet apart for solid hedges; 8 feet or more apart for space between plants
Note: For our customers who live and garden north of USDA Planting Zone 4a, where this Hydrangea variety is not reliably winter hardy outdoors, you can enjoy it in containers that can be moved indoors during winter and placed back outside when temperatures warm up in spring.
Growing Preferences
The Bluebird Hydrangea is very easy to grow in most any moist but well-drained soil with average fertility and full sun to part shade in northern zones and part shade (morning sun with afternoon shade or filtered sun) in southern zones. For best flowering, we suggest 4 hours of direct sun light per day. As with so many other ornamental plants, a constantly soggy or wet soil is problematic. Flower color is your choice. Acidic soils will make blue flowers while a neutral to slightly alkaline soil will make pink flowers.
Get tips for proper pruning time and technique in our article titled How To Prune Various Types Of Hydrangea
Helpful Articles
Click on a link below to find helpful advice from our experts on how to plant, fertilize, prune and water Hydrangea shrubs…
How To Plant Hydrangeas In The Ground & Pots
How To Prune Various Types Of Hydrangea
How To Fertilize And Water Hydrangeas
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Magnificent indeed. A very healthy and big Plant. Well packed too. As of today. It’s growing beautifully.————————————————We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy your purchase for years to come! Thanks for the kind words and wonderful review! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG
Nice healthy looking plant, arrived unscathed well protected box, looking forward to fall planting and watching this beauty grow!———————————————-We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy it for years to come! Thanks for the great review! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG
I discovered the Bluebird Hydrangea a week before Mother’s Day. My daughter in law lost her Mom in December and it has been very hard on her. Her Mom’s “sign” is a bluebird and her favorite flower is a hydrangea. I knew the Bluebird Hydrangea would be the perfect remembrance. I explained this to Wilson Bros. and they shipped it out right away and we received it in Massachusetts in time. Can’t say enough about how great their customer service was. The plant was packaged very well and it was healthy.
Thank you for making a difficult day very special.————————————————You’re very welcome! Thanks for the kind words and wonderful review! We are so glad you are pleased and we hope she enjoys it for years to come! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG
Thank you for making a difficult day very special.————————————————You’re very welcome! Thanks for the kind words and wonderful review! We are so glad you are pleased and we hope she enjoys it for years to come! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG
I was extremely pleased with the condition of the shrub I ordered upon arrival. It was packaged in a secure way and shipped promptly. To say that it was lush in appearance when I received it would be an understatement. It is a gorgeous specimen. Although I suspect the price was somewhat higher than I might have paid in a garden center, it is a hard to find shrub and so for me. it was well worth the few extra dollars.—————————————We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy it for years to come! Thanks for the great review! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG
The plant was well packaged and seems to be doing well.——————————————-We are so glad you are pleased with your purchase! Thanks for the great review! Beth | WBG 🙂
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As to my review, Wilson Bros. Nursery is fantastic! I’ve ordered numerous plants and all have arrived in great shape and were even better than I had expected. Sizes are as described and plants all had vigorous roots. Everyone I spoke to was absolutely professional and personable. Why shop anywhere else, this team is stellar!——————————-We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy it for years to come! Thanks for the kind words and great review! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG
As to my review, Wilson Bros. Nursery is fantastic! I’ve ordered numerous plants and all have arrived in great shape and were even better than I had expected. Sizes are as described and plants all had vigorous roots. Everyone I spoke to was absolutely professional and personable. Why shop anywhere else, this team is stellar!——————————-We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy it for years to come! Thanks for the kind words and great review! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG
You did everything right!!!!——————————–We are so glad you are pleased with your purchase! Thanks for the great review! Beth | WBG 🙂
Arrived with excellent root development and in dormant condition as expected. It is planted and such a healthy plant should come to life again in the spring. Very pleased with this company.—————————-We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy it for years to come! Thanks for the kind words and great review! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG
When my hydrangea first arrived, I was a little concerned because we’ve had a heat wave and the plant was droopy for a few days after planting it. After about a week, it bounced back and it’s looking healthy and beautiful!.————————————-We are so glad you are pleased with your purchase! Thanks for the great review! Beth | WBG 🙂
I have been re-landscaping and therefore have needed lots of plants. I have shopped both locally and nationally, trying out a wide range of businesses. Out of all of the businesses that shipped me bushes, Wilson Brothers is the best. Their plants are large, healthy, well-marked, and they provide good planting information. I put in a second order after I saw how good the first order was.————————————————–Thanks for the great review! We are so glad you are pleased! Beth | WBG 🙂
Just beautiful——————————We are so glad you are pleased! Beth | WBG
Received the plant on Saturday morning. Thank you so much for such prompt delivery. I gave it to my neighbor yesterday and she loved it. It arrived in good condition and I was pleased that it had some blooms on it so she could see what it would look like. Once again thank you. ——————- WBG Reply: Hi Terry – Thanks so much for taking the time to provide your review of the Bluebird Hydrangea. We hope you and your neighbor enjoy it for many years to come. Let us know if there’s ever anything else we can do for you. We’re at your service! – Brent | Wilson Bros Gardens
Plants came in very good condition. Can’t wait to see them bloom this summer. —————- WBG Reply: Hi Samantha – Thanks for your review. It was our pleasure to serve you. Bluebird Hydrangea is my personal favorite of the lacecaps. Always puts on a beautiful flower show in summer. Flower color will depend on soil pH. If yours flowers pink and you want blue apply Soil Sulfur and/or Aluminum Sulfate. Let us know if there’s ever anything else we can do for you. – Brent | Wilson Bros Gardens



















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