A New Variegated Lacecap Hydrangea

If you like variegated foliage and lacecap hydrangeas, you will no doubt enjoy this new introduction called Light-O-Day Hydrangea (Hydrangea macrophylla 'Bailday') from Bailey Nurseries.  The foliage adorns itself in beautiful pure white and green variegation.  The lacecap’s outer ring of sterile flowers is white, while the inner fertile flowers are blue, here in the Northwest.  In less acidic soils, the inner flowers will be pink.  It is hardy to USDA Zone 5 and being trialed in Zone 4 for hardiness.

Even if you have a small garden, this compact shrub will fit in, growing three to five feet high and wide.  Here in the cool climate of the Northwest which tends to super-size our plants, it wouldn’t surprise me if they grow larger.