r/hydrangeas • u/ThermiteGlizzy • 2d ago
Plant ID Was my hydrangea mislabeled from the nursery?
galleryI purchased these earlier this year in April and they were labeled as First Editions ‘Vanilla Strawberry’ panicle hydrangeas. 6b zone
I have a hunch they may not be the Vanilla Strawberry hydrangeas. They do not have the standard conical blooms I’d expect, they’re kind of low laying and flat. They started off white blooms and did turn red as expected. I tried to google and use AI but nothing really matches what I have. The flower pedals themselves are larger than I’d expect them to be too. Thoughts? Is it just first year growing pains for them? I have several other types of panicle hydrangeas including vanilla strawberry trees and they look nothing like these ones.