A comprehensive guide to lacecap hydrangea varieties and best practices for cultivation and landscaping. Lacecaps are the elegant form of the Hydrangea macrophylla species, the most-popular hydrangeas for the home garden. The blooms are lacy in appearance and look delicate but are, in fact, sturdy and robust, providing long-lasting color from spring to fall. Landscapers love them for their versatility. They are effective when massed into swaths of beautiful color, and equally effective when blended with companion plants in the garden border. As a bonus, they also thrive in containers and can be successfully overwintered in an unheated garage, basement, or garden shed. Lovely Lacecap Hydrangeas: Elegant Accents for the Home Garden provides a detailed look at the best of the best lacecap varieties, to make it easier for the home gardener to select plants that will perform well for them and enhance their own garden displays. Helpful chapters are devoted to the latest information about: . lacecap varieties, . flower color, . plant size and plant selection tips, . life cycle and care, . landscaping to maximize the visual impact of lacecaps, . successfully planting and caring for lacecaps, and . bringing lacecaps indoors for use in both fresh and dried flower arrangement. With more than 200 color photos showing off the beauty of clearly labeled varieties, the book provides comprehensive information about lacecap hydrangeas, an increasingly popular segment of the hydrangea market. AUTHOR: Joan Harrison is a master gardener, writer, photographer, and speaker who has extensively researched hydrangeas for over 30 years. The founding president of the Cape Cod Hydrangea Society, she delights in taking part in the annual Cape Cod Hydrangea Festival. She lives in Plymouth, Massachusetts. 248 colour images
