Dark blue lacecap Hydrangea

 We have a Hydrangea of a particularly lovely deep shade of blue but
don't know its name.  Can anyone give me the names of a few deep blue
flowered ones so that we can try to track this one down?  I could take
a photo and I will but am not sure how good the colour register is for
id-ing things.
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Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon

 

Is it, perchance, growing in highly acid soil? Problem with
identifying any hydrangea by colour is that the soil pH makes such a
difference.

Cheers
Jake
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Gardening at the dry end (east) of Swansea Bay
in between reading anything by JRR Tolkien.

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Jake;930884 Wrote:

It could be a Hydrangea Macrophylla Zorro, these are lovely blue
hydrangeas. Remember Hydrangeas will turn pink if not in an acidic soil!




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Rose1

 

I've had a look at that on Google.  It's very like that and I think
you've got it.  Thank you very much.  I know we bought a couple from
the Duchy Nursery a few years ago so that could be one of them.  We
bought one which appeared to be the most wonderful blue, called Moewe
but it came out a vile brickish pink here.  Strange, because most of
our blue ones really are blue. There's another white one with blueish
buds and touches of deep pink here and there on the petals.  I
absolutely love it but Ray can't remember its name but thinks it's
something with a Polish sound to it!  We've had it a long time, so I'm
afraid the label is a thing of the past.  
http://i55.tinypic.com/14abdw9.jpg
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Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon

 I wonder if the deep blue lacecap might be one of the Teller series.
They were bred in Switzerland and primarily used in the pot plant
trade, but have long 'escaped' into general garden planting.
Incorrectly named 'Teller Blue', 'Blaumeise' (Blue Tit)  is a very
striking variety with large, deep blue sterile florets surrounding
even deeper hued fertile flowers.  It can be almost reddish purple on
chalky soils and pleasantly so at that, but when it is blue, it is
exceptional.  It's a great garden plant with relatively handsome
foliage (compared to many macrophyllas) and good, vigorous, upright
growth.