BOTANICAL NAME:  Hydrangea macrophylla ‘McKay’

COMMON NAME: “Cherry Explosion Hydrangea”

ATTRACTS:  Bees, Butterflies & Pollinators

RESISTANT:

BLOOM COLOR/ TIME: Large, cherry-red flowers mid to late Summer

LIGHT REQUIREMENTS:   Part Sun to Shade (prefers morning sun and afternoon shade)

HEIGHT: 3 feet

WIDTH: 3 feet

EVERGREEN OR DECIDUOUS: Deciduous

WATER REQUIREMENTS: Average

SOIL REQUIREMENTS: Moist, well-drained soil. Flower colors change w/the pH of the soil. They turn pink in alkaline soils and blue in acidic soils.

GARDEN ATTRIBUTES: Attracts pollinators

Long bloom season

Good cut flowers

HARDINESS ZONES: 4-9

Cherry Explosion Hydrangea is a compact, rounded, deciduous shrub that produces large, cherry-red flowers mid to late Summer. This lace-cap variety blooms on old and new wood. Good selection for a mixed border or as an anchor plant.