Hydrangea macrophylla 'Sadie Ray' is a deciduous shrub that grows 3 to 6 feet tall and wide. It features dark green leaves and large clusters of flowers which are either lacecap or mophead in structure. Sadie Ray is a mophead cultivar that is said to have bloomed for 50 years at a farmhouse in Indiana. The flowerheads are pink or blue depending on the soil in which it is planted, pink in alkaline soil and blue in acidic soil, and they bloom from May through October. It grows 5 feet tall and wide and is hardy to USDA Zone 5. Planted in moist soil in part shade, it is attractive when massed in the shrub border or used as a specimen plant.