Tilt - A - Swirl® Hydrangea

Dizzying Color All Season! Just as the name implies, Tilt-A-Swirl® Hydrangea PP#26426 (Hydrangea macrophylla 'QUFU') gives your garden palette quite the ride! The swirling, dizzying colors will make your head spin! Sturdy stems hold the mophead blooms aloft so you and your beneficial pollinators can see the topsy-turvy blooms! A continuous bloomer, the colors "swirl" without stopping! Starting chartreuse, changing to bright pink, then deepening to rosy-red, each tiny floret grows in a tight cluster. Each center splashed in bright, apple-green! Tilt-A-Swirl® exhibits this whirl of shades throughout the summer and fall for a spectacular joyride! The handsome green foliage is deeply saturated and quilted, with tiny toothed edges. The perfect backdrop for those vibrant blooms! Sturdy stems and bold colors make Tilt-A-Swirl® a wonderful cut flower for bouquets! In winter, the dried flower heads look great as winter interest, or snip a few to bring in for dried floral decor! No wonder this Bloomin' Easy®Tilt-A-Swirl® was awarded a Gold Medal at the prestigious Plantarium Horticulture event in Holland! How to Use Tilt-A-Swirl® Hydrangea In The Landscape Plant a few Tilt-A-Swirl® among your perennial borders or near a patio where you're sure to witness their extraordinary display all season. A wonderful foundation plant, the colors lend to superb curb appeal! You will love the informal and tidy hedges these vivid shrubs form! Just the right size for containers, its compact growth habit makes them versatile regardless of your garden style or size! Add a formal touch to evenly spaced stone urns around your back terrace, or in large modern planters around the shadier side of your pool lounge chairs! Go informal with a thriller planting of Tilt-A-Swirl® in a half whiskey barrel surrounded by spilling Cranesbill or Ajuga! Low hedges and adding color to mixed-shrub borders, Tilt-A-Swirl® is a welcome addition! Use this breathtaking shrub, sized perfectly for mid-to-front garden use in your Cottage Garden and as a backdrop to the mixed perennial border. Cutting gardens and pollinator gardens benefit from the amusement Tilt-A-Swirl® brings! Pink-Red & Green Bi-Color (Blue Tones in Acidic Soils!) Large Mophead Blooms Changing Floral Tones Long Bloom Season Stunning Fresh In Bouquets or Dried Decorations Award-Winning #ProPlantTips For Care With mounded habit and low maintenance nature, Tilt-A-Swirl® is hardier than traditional Hydrangea varieties, that struggle in harsh winters. your Tilt-A-Swirl® is substantially more resilient in winters well below zero. Tilt-A-Swirl® is perfect for semi-sunny yards that need some extra color. Preferring indirect sunlight, Tilt-A-Swirl® still thrives in sunnier spots but at the cost of some of that show-stopper color quality. They do need rich, moist soil that is well-drained. Bigleaf Hydrangeas are pH dependent for their flower color, becoming bluer if your soil is acidic, so to keep your Tilt-A-Swirl® the brightest pink possible, use alkaline formulated fertilizer or add garden lime to your soil. Apply 3-4 inches of arborist mulch to hold in moisture and enrich the soil. Blooming on both new and old wood, they requires little or no pruning each year. But in early spring, as you see new growth beginning to emerge, you can snip off any stems that died back. After the flowers bloom, you can remove spent flower heads if desired to increase branching, however, the dried-on-the-shrub flower heads add significant fall and winter interest when left on the plant! You can perform renewal pruning every 3-5 years to remove the oldest, least vigorous stems by pruning them out from the ground to allow younger stems to take over. Part Shade - Part Sun Preferred Any Well-Drained Rich Soil Moderate Yet Regular Moisture Loves Mulched Beds Blooms On New & Old Wood Highly Adaptive, Low Maintenance & Cold Hardy Hydrangeas have long been a gardener's favorite and Tilt-A-Swirl® is no exception. Hardy nature, long-blooming performance, and one-of-a-kind bi-color flowers, Tilt-A-Swirl® Hydrangea is sure to be the main attraction in your garden this year! Order yours today at NatureHills.com!