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Hydrangea ‘Endless Summer’

Hydrangea 'Endless Summer'

The large, showy summer flowers of hydrangeas make them a popular garden plant. The bloom color of some species is influenced by soil pH. More acidic soil will produce bluer flowers, while more alkaline soil will produce pinker ones.

June highlights

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• Recent Photo
  Colorado Blue Columbine

  Aquilegia caerulea (Colorado blue columbine) in the Perennial Border. Photo: Lee Patrick.

• ‘Foxy’ Foxglove

  Digitalis purpurea ‘Foxy’ (foxglove) in the Shakespeare Garden. Photo: Alvina Lai.

• ‘Radiation’ Lantana

  Lantana camara 'Radiation' (lantana) in the Annual Border. Photo: Alvina Lai.

• Fragrant White Waterlily

  Nymphaea odorata (fragrant white waterlily) in the Native Flora Garden. Photo: Alvina Lai.

• Catmint

  Nepeta 'Six Hills Giant' (catmint) in the Fragrance Garden. Photo: Alvina Lai.

• Sundial Lupine

  Lupinus perennis (sundial lupine) in the Native Flora Garden. Photo: Blanca Begert.

• Recent Photo
  Purple Allium

  Allium hollandicum 'Purple Sensation' (purple allium) in the Perennial Border. Photo: Morrigan McCarthy.

• Hybrid Tea Rose

  Rosa 'Meitebros' FRÉDÉRIC MISTRAL (hybrid tea rose) in the Rose Garden. Photo: Jean-Marc Grambert.

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• Allium

  Allium sp. (allium) in the Children's Garden. Photo: Blanca Begert.

• Plantain Lily

  Hosta 'Blue Wedgewood' (plantain lily) in the Shakespeare Garden. Photo: Blanca Begert.

• Rose

  Rosa 'George Burns' (rose cultivar) in the Rose Garden. Photo: Rebecca Bullene.

• Pinkflower Hedgehog Cactus

  Echinocereus fendleri ssp. fendleri (hedgehog cactus) in the Rock Garden. Photo: Blanca Begert.

• California Poppy

  Eschscholzia californica (California poppy) in the Rock Garden. Photo: Blanca Begert.

• Black Elder

  Sambucus nigra ‘Eva’ (black elder) in the Rose Garden. Photo: Blanca Begert.

• Grandiflora Rose

  Rosa 'Prominent' (grandiflora rose) in the Rose Garden. Photo: Rebecca Bullene.

• Tulip Tree

  Liriodendron tulipifera (tulip tree) near Celebrity Path. Photo: Blanca Begert.

• Deutzia

  Deutzia scabra (deutzia) in the Plant Family Collection. Photo: Blanca Begert.

• Valerian

  Valerian officinalis (valerian) in the Shakespeare Garden. Photo: Blanca Begert.

• Siberian Iris

  Iris sibirica 'Caesar's Brother' (Siberian iris) in the Water Garden. Photo: Blanca Begert.

• Willow Bell

  Campanula persicifolia 'Telham Beauty' (willow bell) in the Discovery Garden. Photo: Blanca Begert.

• Cow Parsnip

  Heracleum maximum (cow parsnip) in the Native Flora Garden. Photo: Blanca Begert.

• Mountain Laurel

  Kalmia latifolia (mountain laurel) in the Discovery Garden. Photo: Lee Patrick.

• Blue False Indigo

  Baptisia australis (blue false indigo) in the Discovery Garden. Photo: Blanca Begert.

• Climbing Rose

  Rosa 'Alexandre Girault' (climbing rose) in the Rose Garden. Photo: Sarah Schmidt.

• Sacred Lotus

  Nelumbo nucifera 'Maggie Bell Slocum' (sacred lotus) in the Lily Pool Terrace. Photo: Rebecca Bullene.

• Violet

  Viola odorata (violet) in the Shakespeare Garden. Photo: Lee Patrick.

• Lily

  Lilium cultivar (lily) in the Fragrance Garden. Photo: Jean-Marc Grambert.

• Turnip

  Brassica rapa ssp. rapa (turnip) in the Children's Garden. Photo: Rebecca Bullene.

• Pitcher Plant

  Sarracenia species (pitcher plant) in the Jenkins Fountain pool on Lily Pool Terrace. Photo: Rebecca Bullene.

• Peony

  Paeonia 'Garden Treasure' (peony) in the Plant Family Collection. Photo: Rebecca Bullene.

• Floss Flower

  Ageratum houstonianum 'Blue Mink' (floss flower) in the Annual Border. Photo: Rebecca Bullene.

• Canada Lily

  This Lilium canadense (Canada lily) in the Native Flora Garden is close to 5 feet tall! Photo: Rebecca Bullene.

• Poppy

  Papaver somniferum, the source of poppy seeds found on breads, blooms in several of the Lily Pool Terrace containers. Photo: Rebecca Bullene.

• Hydrangea ‘Endless Summer’

  Hydrangea 'Endless Summer' (hydrangea cultivar) in the Plant Family Collection. Photo: Rebecca Bullene.

• Pineapple

  Ananas comosus (pineapple) in the Herb Garden. Photo: Rebecca Bullene.

• Japanese Wisteria

  Japanese wisteria (Wisteria floribunda) blooms outside the Cranford Rose Garden. Photo: Blanca Begert.

• Heirloom Tomato

  Solanum lycopersicum (heirloom tomato) in the Herb Garden. Photo: Alexandra Muller.

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