Product Description
This easy-to-grow deciduous native shrub is adaptable to many soils, including clay or shallow soils, though it prefers consistently moist mediums. The 4- to 12-inch flower clusters resemble pie plates composed of many small, creamy white florets, and attract many native insects – these are not sterile flowers, which are typical in hydrangea fashion!
It can spread by underground stolons to make wide clumps or even small colonies (in ideal conditions). It may die back in harsh winters, but blooms occur on the new wood, so the plants may be pruned back close to the ground in late winter to revitalize them and encourage vigorous stem growth and ideal form. You can also easily prune it for a better shape or new stems at the end of winter/early spring.
Can be naturalized, used for erosion control, or planted in a woodland garden, rain garden, mixed shrub border, and in the background of flower borders. Tolerant to clay soil and black walnut.
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Blooming Time: June to September, with the peak in early to mid summer
Size: up to 5’ tall and wide
USDA Zones: 3 to 9
Culture: Best in full to half shade, in average, well-drained soils. Tolerates full sun only if grown with consistent moisture. It will adapt to a variety of soil conditions, but is intolerant of longer term drought (leaves will decline).
Moisture Needs: medium
Origin: native shrub to Eastern United States (see the USDA distribution map) Natural habitats include shaded ravines, rocky stream banks in wooded areas, bottoms of bluffs and cliffs, low rocky ledges, and similar habitats in wooded areas.
Deer/Rabbit Resistant: partially - deer occasionally can graze on the branches / yes
Attracts Butterflies or Pollinators: offers nectar and pollen to a wide range of insects - bumblebees, little carpenter bees, Halictid bees, masked bees, miscellaneous wasps, mosquitoes, Syrphid flies, thick-headed flies, Muscid flies, dance flies, tumbling flower beetles, and long-horned beetles. The foliage of Wild Hydrangea is eaten by the caterpillars of Hydrangea Sphinx, Hydrangea Leaf-Tier Moth, and other small insects.
Attracts Hummingbirds: no
Pot Size: square 3.5" x 4" deep pot
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3 plants look healthy 1 week after planting
Would like to see info on website about companion plants, growth rates of plants you offer.