Planted oakleaf hydrangea 'Amethyst' in the driveway garden in 2011. It was a tiny quart plant from Lazy S. 'Amethyst' is supposed to be a smaller oakleaf hydrangea, but I think that still means a 5 or 6 foot shrub. Its flowers are described as emerging white, but then turning deep wine red -- haven't seen it flower yet.
** I may have lost it in 2016 -- it declined and I had to cut it back to the ground. We'll see if anything comes up in 2017. ** note: it didn't really appear in 2017. I think it's gone.
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| 10/23/13 |
I moved it around a couple times to find the right spot, and it finally wound up between the sweetgum and ninebark at the center of the bed along the driveway.
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| 8/7/15 |
The leaves start to color up in mid October.
By late November this plant is the only color left in the brown, bare garden, and what an intense, rich color! Such a deep wine red. Its big leaves had been blown about by the wind, but it was one of the last to lose its foliage.
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| 11/21/15 - Beautiful rich fall color |
