For most of the year, hydrangeas do the heavy lifting in a Maryland garden. The harder design question is whether the bed still looks finished in February, when the blooms are gone and the shrubs are bare. That’s where good design earns its keep: a clean curbed border holding the composition, evergreen structure for winter, a thoughtful layout, and a curb color that makes the blooms pop. Here’s how to design a hydrangea bed that reads as custom all twelve months.
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