Wild Hydrangea
Hydrangea arborescens
Also known as: Smooth Hydrangea
Flat creamy-white flower clusters; the native parent of cultivars like Annabelle. Blooms on new wood — prune late winter. Peeled young twigs have been boiled, fried, and eaten, and made into a tea — a minor, old use, not a modern food.
- Family
- Hydrangeaceae
- Type
- shrub
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 3–5 ft
- Spacing
- 3–5 ft apart
- Light
- part shade
- Soil moisture
- moist
- Soil pH
- acidic, neutral
- Bloom
- May, June, July, August
- Bloom colors
- white, green
- Wildlife value
- butterflies, pollinators, songbirds
- Landscape uses
- border, naturalizing, rain garden
- Native states
- AL, AR, DC, DE, FL, GA, IL, IN, KY, LA, MD, MO, MS, NC, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, SC, TN, VA, WV