Little Honey Dwarf Oakleaf Hydrangea
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Little honey oakleaf hydrangea is very easy to grow in most any moist but well drained soil with average fertility and full sun to part shade in northern zones where it will grow and shade to part shade morning sun with afternoon shade or filtered sun in southern zones.
Little honey dwarf oakleaf hydrangea. Dark green oak like leaves turn red purple or bright red in fall. Brilliant red autumn foliage. Specific epithet is in reference to the leaves that look like those of quercus oak. Long cone shaped clusters of pure white flowers mature to pink with age.
Ideal for specimen or accent planting. Brilliant red autumn foliage. Oakleaf hydrangea hydrangea quercifolia. Pi 658494 was developed from seedlings obtained from a 1997 open pollination of oakleaf hydrangea cultivar sikes dwarf.
And provide stems of dried flowers in winter. Usda zone 5 9 20 f 28 9 c. Have great foliage flowers and fall color. Creamy white flowers.
A purchase of a hydrangea little honey is a true investment in your yard. This new oakleaf hydrangea cultivar is a golden leaved sport of the cultivar pee wee so it is also a dwarf. The foliage emerges gold and changes to a pleasing chartreuse as the season progresses especially effective in shaded areas. Oakleaf hydrangeas are already one of my favorite shrubs.
The genus name hydrangea comes from hydor meaning water and aggeion meaning vessel in reference to the cup like capsular fruit. Hydrangea quercifolia little honey is the white flowering yellow oak leaf hydrangea for you. National arboretum s shrub breeding program in mcminnville tennessee. Little honey is a compact spreading cultivar that typically matures to 3 4 tall and to 4 5 wide.
This selection is one of the first two hydrangea cultivars developed from the u s. They are tough and reliable. It prefers a soil rich in organic matter. Little honey dwarf oakleaf hydrangea hydrangea quercifolia little honey pp 15477 little honey is a compact spreading cultivar that typically matures to 3 4 tall and to 4 5 wide.
The leaves turn bright scarlet in the fall as well. Just when i thought they could not get any better chartreuse foliaged little honey came along. It was released in 2010. A distinctive new oakleaf with bright golden yellow foliage.
A branch sport of the dwarf selection pee wee. Hydrangea quercifolia little honey is a beautiful golden foliage white flowering oakleaf hydrangea. The foliage emerges gold and then changes to a pleasing chartreuse as the season progresses. It grows to about 3 4 and has beautiful golden leaves emerging in the spring that become chartreuse with age and finally spring green by mid summer.