Buy Hydrangea macrophylla 'Ami Pasquier'

'Ami Pasquier' is one of those mopheads with a wide variation of highly saturated colors - crimson in alkaline and a correspondingly saturated purple-wine to blue as the soils go down the scale toward acidic. I realized I thought crimson meant red, so I double-checked with Google, "what color is crimson" and got back "of a rich deep red color inclining to purple." Yes! That's it. I agree, she is indeed often crimson in high pH soils. She also tends to flower for a really long time, what's called "free flowering." Fall color can be excellent. The first autumn leaf picture shows how it started off burgundy-brown and the second how it progressed to true red a few weeks later. At 3-4' in size, Ami Pasquier bigleaf hydrangea tends toward a little smaller than others, so keep that in mind when placing her in the garden - you don't need to give this cultivar quite as much room as the others

Red mophead hydrangea, remontant

Top awards for this crimson bloomer A hydrangea of superb quality and showy character, the crimson to wine blooms that look great against the bush's glossy green leaves. A strong growing plant that holds up well in the heat of summer and blooms heavily until frost. Fall color only adds to Ami's beauty. Try this one in a container for deck and patio color.