'Blue Heaven' and 'Red Sensation' of the Forever series are the sapphire and ruby of the remonant hydrangea world. Far superior to Endless Summer and even many traditional/classic varieties for their coloration qualities; 'Red Sensation' in particular starts out with green sepals that develop red which is a stunning transformation.

The F&E Fantasia is my favorite, as the leaves look like they're pointed up 45 degrees. I haven't observed the slightest of leaf droop in the recent heat and it's had the least water of all my H's. The largest plant in the series, I can't wait to see how the blooms perform in my soil and climate.

Overwintering the hydrangeas in pots was wonderful! I had instant lush plants on my porch in May....around the time when I'm usually filling my flower boxes with annuals and they look so puny for the first month. I used to have to fill those pots up with annuals and instead saved a ton of money by overwintering and bringing them back on out!

I like the Blushing Bride for how hardy it is & first to bloom in my yard. But is towards the end of my list for favorite hydrangea flowers also. People looking for a care free hardy hydrangea in the North, cant go wrong with this hydrangea. Plus if you want a larger reblooming big leaf hydrangea that blooms white. I think it is your only choice.

Together will rebloom if you prune off the older flowers, but in my yard they never look spent till the first frost in Fall.I had a large limb fall out of a tree and prune one of mine in the middle of the year. It bloomed again and is one of my favorites! The blooms are very sturdy and change so many colors through the year. Depending on the soil they end up being a deep red or deep purple color in Fall. Mine never brown out till frost and have a hard time pruning flowers that still look great.

I saw at our Lowes for the first time a White Out in flower and it did look awesome! I think I might have to try one after your comments joanne...lol..Very unique bright white flower! Looked to have darker green foliage than the rest of FE hydrangeas. I have a very sunny yard and I am running out of spots for hydrangeas...lol. I have a small spot that gets sun till about 1pm or a little later. The darker foliage worries me it might be very sensitive to mid day sun. What kind of sun does yours receive joanne? It made me nervous how the blooms look like ruffled floral hydrangea blooms. At 1st look it was hard to believe it could be hardy in our zone. Looked to good to be true....lol

I think it would make hydrangea number 50... I still have room for about 15 more in my back border and who knows how many more pots?

By "somewhat", I tried to quickly use a spade to slice the crown in half, but it ended up rotating on me and I came out with a good half and the other was just a handful of loose stems with a few roots attached to each. Of those, there was a stem with a bloom, another with a floret, a horizontal stem that had already layered itself, and couple more young stems. Also fallen off were a few nice cuttings which I stuck in a pot of wet soil. Good enough for me!

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I'd say go for the whiskey barrel. Pile up leaves or compost around it around Winter and the roots should not freeze. Also make sure it's in a lower elevation, protected from wind or near a wall, fence, or foundation.

Since the endless hotspells and constant thunder storms have hit my hydrangea, it appears that it isn't happy in this endless lousy weather and I have hopes it will dry out and possibly bloom once more if we have normal September weather.

I wouldn't suggest moving your Hydrangeas if you're a newbie like me until (if!) we have some normal weather. This weather has been very similar to the weather my sisters have been experiencing in Annapolis and North Carolina. Just keep it happy, mulch it and hopefully you'll see a difference if we ever cool down.

Just my opinion but southern NH has been like the South as far as weather is concerned this Summer!