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Hardiness: USDA Zone 6a: to -23.3 °C (-10 °F) USDA Zone 6b: to -20.5 °C (-5 °F) USDA Zone 7a: to -17.7 °C (0 °F) USDA Zone 7b: to -14.9 °C (5 °F) USDA Zone 8a: to -12.2 °C (10 °F) USDA Zone 8b: to -9.4 °C (15 °F) USDA Zone 9a: to -6.6 °C (20 °F) USDA Zone 9b: to -3.8 °C (25 °F)
Sun Exposure: Sun to Partial Shade
Danger: Parts of plant are poisonous if ingested
Bloom Color: Magenta (Pink-Purple) Red
Bloom Time: Mid Summer
Foliage: Deciduous
Other details: This plant is attractive to bees, butterflies and/or birds Requires consistently moist soil; do not let dry out between waterings Flowers are good for drying and preserving
Soil pH requirements: 5.6 to 6.0 (acidic) 6.1 to 6.5 (mildly acidic) 6.6 to 7.5 (neutral) 7.6 to 7.8 (mildly alkaline) 7.9 to 8.5 (alkaline)
On May 22, 2007, peeryje from Kingston, OK (Zone 7b) wrote:
This plant requires alot of water we live in a place on Lake Texoma with very sandy soil. I put a 5 gal. bucket behind the plant, I drilled a small hole in the side of the bucket next to the bottom of the bucket and everyday I fill it with water. This seems to keep the plant happy. The water pours out slower than I could with a hose.
On Feb 17, 2005, woodsplantlady from Chesterton, IN wrote:
I used several 'glowing embers' as foundation plantings on the north side of the house in almost total shade in clay loam soil with a high PH in zone 5. The first year their roots stayed within the amended soil I planted them in and their bloom color was pinkish-red. The second year their roots escaped into the clay, the blooms were 5-to-7 inches in diameter and the color was a deep cranberry red! Quite striking. My plants are flourishing. I highly recommend this cultivar.
They dry beautifully and retain most of their color if the stems are kept in water, but lose a lot of color if air dried.
On Dec 1, 2004, lmelling from Ithaca, NY (Zone 5b) wrote:
The authors, C.J. and D.M. Van Gelderen, in the book "Encyclopedia of Hydrangeas" describe 'Glowing Embers' as having flowerheads very compact and rounded, a glowing deep pink, with 3 sepals of 1 inch. It is a compact shrub to 3.5 feet, free flowering; and the flowers should last a long time. This cultivar was bred in the USA or Canada before 1987. It is NOT the same cultivar as Alpengluen, which online nurseries sometimes tag it - Alpengluen is a separate cultivar bred in Germany in 1950. 'Glowing Embers' can also be easily confused with the cultivar 'Forever Pink,' according to the Van Gelderens'.
I purchased a 'Glowing Embers' (wrongly called Alpengluen) in 2001 from an online nursery. It did not do well for me in its original location, never flowered, and was moved to a better location in fall 2003. Due, I believe to an extremely harsh winter in 2003-2004, it all but died off by spring of 2004, but recovered somewhat over the summer. I'm protecting it well over the 2004-2005 winter and hope to see a good recovery next summer. I can definitely identify this plant as 'Glowing Embers' by the one flower it had on it when I received it. Definitely was not as bright as the flowers from Alpengluen and looked identical to the ones shown as 'Glowing Embers' in the encyclopedia.
Regional...
This plant has been said to grow in the following regions:
Occidental, California Orangevale, California Iowa City, Iowa New Iberia, Louisiana Slidell, Louisiana Silver Spring, Maryland Auburn, New Hampshire Ithaca, New York Mogadore, Ohio Kingston, Oklahoma Yukon, Oklahoma Norristown, Pennsylvania Collierville, Tennessee Dallas, Texas Montgomery, Texas Vancouver, Washington
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