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Trees and Shrubs
Arctic Blue
- Genus: Hydrangea
- Species: Serrata
- Family: Hydrangeaceae
- Trade name: Arctic Blue
- Common names: Sawtooth, Mountain hydrangea, Hortensia
- Type:: Deciduous shrub
- Genus origin: Eastern and southern Asia, North and South America
- Bloom type: Lacecap
- Flowers: Electric blue in acid soil, pink in neutral to alkaline
- Leaves: Narrow, medium green, turns burgundy in fall
- Height and spread: 4 ft (1.2 m)
- Soil: Average to rich, sheltered from wind
- Exposure: Full sun to part shade
- Bloom period: Mid summer to fall
- Propagation: Firm shoot cuttings in late summer or leafless hardwood cuttings in fall
- Hardiness: zone 4
- Location: Artist Garden, zone 4b
- Comments: Garden Journal
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