27+ Hydrangea Quercifolia Fruit

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Hydrangea quercifolia fruit. They are borne on stiff upright hairy stems which occasionally branch. Quercifolia is the best all round shrub for shade everyone should have at least one. Snow queen has an upright broad rounded habit and typically grows 4 6 tall. The fragrant flowers fade to pink then tan in the fall. Larger sterile flowers occur towards the base of the panicle fertile flowers are creamy and fragrant and occur toward the tip. Oakleaf hydrangea the quintessential flowering shrub for the native garden is a deciduous shrub native to our southeastern states with outstanding ornamental value. Its growth form is broad rounded with lower stems sweeping the ground.

The native oakleaf hydrangea h. A fuller shrub can be created by pinching the new growth or cutting back old growth. The genus name hydrangea comes from hydor meaning water and aggeion meaning vessel in reference to the cup like capsular fruit. White changing to pink then brownish 1 1 diameter. The plant grows in sun or shade and prefers a rich moist soil. The oakleaf hydrangea is noted for producing showy pyramidal 4 12 erect panicles of creamy white flowers in summer 3 4 wide. The oakleaf hydrangea is one of the few hydrangeas native to the united states.

With beautiful exfoliating bark and bold. We are offering alice native oakleaf hydrangea a superior form that has larger flowers better fall color and very disease resistant leaves. Specific epithet is in reference to the leaves that look like those of quercus oak.