Growing up in New England, I had no choice; hydrangeas had to be my favorite flower. Years of seeing the plants wave in the sea breeze against white colonial-style homes in Maine amounted to complete indoctrination. I can't pass one of the blooms without stopping to look.
Despite my expertise, Reese Witherspoon showed me a new way to grow hydrangeas; on the porch, using a blue ceramic planter.
