What summer shrub has the longest blooms?
Panicle and Bigleaf Hydrangeas are the longest bloomers, flowering from midsummer to frost. Even after the flowers have faded, the showy bracts on mophead and panicle Hydrangeas dry on the shrub, remaining through winter! First up: One of the garden’s most resilient shrubs, hydrangeas offer bountiful flowers (perfect for cutting) on sturdy stems and tolerate a variety of soils, as with this beauty (pictured), ‘Let’s Dance Rhapsody Blue,’ a reblooming bigleaf hydrangea with a compact habit.