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Vary Your Love of Hydrangeas
New First Editions™ Light-O-Day™ Hydrangea Boasts Variegated Leaves
Hydrangea macrophylla 'Bailday' (PPAF)
St. Paul, Minn. (Spring 2007) - For the first time, gardeners as far north as Zone 5 can add a variegated hydrangea to their list of must have plants. With First Editions™ Light-O-Day™, there is even more to love about hydrangeas.
Light-O-Day Hydrangea features stunning, pure white variegation on its foliage. Pair that remarkable quality with large, lacecap blossoms and you have a great attention grabber to add to your garden or containers.
Light-O-Day's outer ring of flowers is a stunning bright white. The delicate inner blooms are a beautiful blue or soft pink depending on your soil type. "Light-O-Day is a very exciting addition to our Hydrangea line up," says Pat Bailey, Vice President of Sales and Marketing of Bailey Nurseries. "Hydrangea fans will love this variety's unique qualities. And, new gardeners will find it's an easy-to-grow, show-stopper."
Light-O-Day is a compact grower, making it perfect for urban gardens and containers. The unique foliage and blooms add eye-catching brilliance into your garden border. In part shade, it's a natural partner with Endless Summer Blushing Bride. That variety's bright white blooms play off Light-O-Day's variegation. In full sun, the combinations are limitless. Try teaming Light-O-Day with Easy Elegance Roses, your favorite perennials or annuals.
This new Bailey Nurseries introduction is hardy to zone 5 and doing well in zone 4 trials. Light-O-Day does well in full sun to part shade. Mulching is recommended especially when the plant is young.
Look for the new Light-O-Day Hydrangea at better garden centers this spring.
Light-O-Day Hydrangea at a glance:
Height: 3-5'
Width: 3-5'
Shape: Rounded
Foliage: White variegation
Zone: 5-9, Trial in zone 4
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Visit www.firsteditionsplants.com for more information. For an online catalog of beautiful, high-resolution images, visit www.BaileyNurseries.com.
Bailey Nurseries is a family-owned wholesale nursery with home offices in St. Paul, Minnesota. It is among the top wholesale nurseries in the United States and provides industry members throughout the U.S. and Canada with a full line of bareroot and container-grown plants from Bailey's properties in Minnesota, Oregon, and Washington.
