Oak Leaved Hydrangea
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You ll recognize oakleaf hydrangea by its foliage.
Oak leaved hydrangea. Sikes dwarf oak leaved hydrangea hydrangea nquercifolia sikes dwarf. Oakleafs are native to the united states unlike their famous cousins with pink and blue mophead flowers and are tough cold hardy and drought resistant. The scientific name for lacecap hydrangeas is hydrangea macrophylla normalis. It is prized for its long lasting flowers and its beautiful fall foliage colors.
White 3 to 4 inch long flower clusters fade to pink. Lacecaps are identical to mopheads in every way except the shape of their blooms. Full sun partial shade hardiness. Other common names oak leaved hydrangea.
Flower buds form long cone shaped clusters that crown summer landscapes with color. Arborescens being the only other native we are aware of. The dramatic large leaves of oakleaf hydrangea are named because of their similarity to the elegant leaves of oak trees. Hydrangea quercifolia commonly known by its translation oakleaf hydrangea or oak leaved hydrangea is a species of flowering plant native to the southeastern united states in woodland habitats from north carolina west to tennessee and south to florida and louisiana.
The oakleaf hydrangea is a dramatic white blooming shrub with four seasons of interest. Plant taxonomy and types. A popular cultivar of this plant called snow queen can be grown in usda plant hardiness zones 5 through 9. Oakleaf hydrangea is a flowering deciduous shrub with white flowers and distinctive leaves shaped like those of an oak tree.
Genus hydrangea can be deciduous or evergreen shrubs or self clinging climbers with flowers in clusters usually comprising both small fertile and more showy sterile flowers. Often good autumn colour. The elegant clusters combine large showy florets with small budlike flowers. The little buds in the center of the lacecap are the fertile flowers and the large showy blossoms around the outer edge are the sterile flowers.
Compact 2 to 3 feet high. Oakleaf hydrangea s year long parade starts in spring when dark green leaves unfurl. Oakleaf hydrangeas the oakleaf hydrangea is one of the few hydrangeas native to the united states h.