Would Hydrangea do well in this spot?

I live in Southern California. Hydrangea doesn't do too well here because of the heat. And is normally sold as a shade specific plant. I do know that it does like sun though. There's a corner in my yard, it need something. Mainly it needs the Bird of Paradise that's growing there to be ripped out and replaced with something nicer. So I thought, Hydrangea. It will have a space that's about 5 feet wide and 6 or 7 feet long. The location is under a tree, a pine actually. Right at the base where trunk starts. There isn't a terrible amount of roots there. Never has been. The tree is about 30 - 40 feet tall. I Measured the light the corner receives. From sunrise at 6am till between 11:30am - 1pm it gets the sun. After that its shaded and receives light dappled light throughout the day. Till right before sunset where its receives about an hour of sun. So morning sun, partial dappled light, and an hour of sun at sunset. The soil tends to stay moist in that back corner. Not wet, but it takes about 3 days for the soil to dry. Would hydrangea do well in this corner? Could i squeeze two of them in there?