Climbing Hydrangea
Decumaria barbara
Clinging woodland vine that scales tree trunks by aerial rootlets and crowns itself with fragrant white flower clusters. Loves moist, shaded bottomlands.
- Family
- Hydrangeaceae
- Type
- vine
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 12–36 ft
- Spacing
- 1–3 ft apart
- Light
- part shade
- Soil moisture
- moist
- Soil pH
- acidic
- Bloom
- April, May, June, July, August, September, October
- Bloom colors
- white
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, butterflies, songbirds
- Landscape uses
- hedge or screen
- Native states
- AL, AR, DE, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC, NJ, NY, SC, TN, VA