Small shrubs are known to produce blooms that do not match what they should be producing until they mature. I would not worry too muc if they are still youngsters. But do keep an eye on them to see what do they do.

I hope the mature blooms turn out to be what you want, but just as a precaution, you should know that garden centers are notorious for mixing up hydrangeas and plant tags. After three years of waiting for my very special vanilla strawberry blooms, I'm still getting lovely all-white blooms (with a faint hint of greenish highlight) and my Pinky Winky, bought at the same time but from a different place, is still blooming all white also.

Don't know what that means--but at least the white blooms are attractive.

Good luck.

Kate

Yes, "thanks" to Lowes, my "Nikko Blue" Hydrangea produces lacecap blooms! And "thanks" to a local plant nursery, my yellow Lady Banks Rose blooms white. :o))

This post was edited by luis_pr on Mon, Jul 29, 13 at 17:55

Yeah. These were from Lowes. I'm going to put it in an out of the way place until I figure out which plant it wants to be. I've gotten many tag screw ups. This is the first time I've gotten two different kinds of plants on the same shrub. Oh well :-/

If you look close can you tell if one of the bloom types is coming off of new wood from existing branches and the other from branches from the base? As well, can we get a pic of the whole plant?

SCG

Good question. I did not cut this shrub back at all this spring bc it was so young/small. I'm going to check and take a photo of the entire plant when I get home.

Earlier this month I bought a hydrangea from Lowes that had two different plants in the same pot. It was obvious from the blooms that there were two plants. I repotted them into separate pots.

Here's a pic. Mine is from lowes also. I'm thinking maybe they put two seperate rooted cuttings in the pot. I can't see anywhere to divide the plant at the bottom though.

Hard to tell from those photos, sorry. Question still remains if they are coming off new growth on old canes or new growth from the roots or a combination? That will tell us a lot.

SCG