Description
‘Piiha-I’, commonly sold under the trade name of ENDLESS SUMMER BELLA ANNA, is an upright deciduous shrub that typically matures to 3′ tall and as wide. It is an open pollinated progeny from a numbered selection of Hydrangea arborescens. Magenta-pink flowers in mophead form bloom in large and showy corymbs (each to 5″ by 3″) throughout summer. A single corymb can contain up to 300 showy sterile flowers and 75 fertile flowers. Ovate dark green leaves (to 5″ long) have acuminate apices, rounded to cordate bases, and serrate margins. U.S. Plant Patent PP21,227 was issued on August 24, 2010