Hydrangea macrophylla ‘Kompeito’ Star Gazer

Hydrangea macrophylla ‘Kompeito’ (trade name of STAR GAZER) is a compact lacecap cultivar that typically grows to 3-4′ tall and to 3-5′ wide. It is part of the DOUBLE DELIGHTS SERIES from Ball Ornamentals. It typically blooms on old wood in late spring with repeat bloom on new wood from summer often into fall if spent flowers are regularly deadheaded. Each lacecap inflorescence features a mass of small fertile flowers surrounded by large double flowers on long petioles. It is a rebloomer that produces flowers in spring on old wood (flower buds are produced the previous fall and overwintered) and a repeat bloom of flowers from summer into fall on new wood. If old growth buds do not survive winter, plants will still bloom summer to fall, albeit less floriferously, on the new growth. Spent flowers should be regularly deadheaded. Flower color ranges from blue with white picotee edges (acidic soil) to pink with white picotee edges (alkaline soil). Leaves (to 6″ long) are glossy green. This series has the best-looking foliage in late summer of all the Hydrangeas.