General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Shrub
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Partial or Dappled Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Plant Height: 3 feet
Plant Spread: 3 feet
Leaves: Deciduous
Fruit: Dehiscent
Flowers: Showy
Blooms on old wood
Flower Color: White
Bloom Size: 2"-3"
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Summer
Late summer or early fall
Fall
Uses: Cut Flower
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Toxicity: Leaves are poisonous
Roots are poisonous
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Cuttings: Cane
Division
Pollinators: Bees
Containers: Suitable in 3 gallon or larger
Needs excellent drainage in pots
Child plants: 9 child plants

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Common names
  • Lacecap Hydrangea
  • Bigleaf Hydrangea
  • Hydrangea
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Hydrangea macrophylla
  • Synonym: Hydrangea macrophylla var. normalis
Also sold as:
  • Shooting Star
  • Sumida-no-Hanabi

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Location: Invercargill, New Zealand
Date: 2024-01-09
Location: Longwood Gardens, Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, USA
Date: 2018-12-14

Date: 2015-03-09
Location: My garden in N E Pa. 
Date: 2017-07-31

Date: 2015-11-30

Date: 2015-11-30
Location: Washington 8b
Date: 2016-11-23
Location: Draper, Utah, United States
Date: 2021-11-06

Date: 2013-02-16
Location: At a nursery
Date: 2008-07-01

Date: 2010-07-04
Photo courtesy of: Yoko Nekonomania

Date: 2010-07-04
Photo courtesy of: Yoko Nekonomania

Date: 2016-11-26

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Date: 2015-03-09

Date: 2013-02-12

Date: 2013-02-12

Date: 2013-02-12
Location: Washington 8b
Date: 2016-11-23

Date: 2013-02-12
Location: At a nursery
Date: 2008-07-01

Date: 2010-07-04
Photo courtesy of: Yoko Nekonomania

Date: 2010-06-23
Photo courtesy of: Yoko Nekonomania
Location: Maryland
Date: 2014-03-22

Date: 2016-11-26
Location: Nursery....Orem,  Utah
Date: 2011-11-11
Location: Nursery...Orem, Utah
Date: 2011-11-11
Location: Sunriver Nursery...Orem, Utah
Date: 2011-11-11

Date: 2012-12-07

Date: 2012-12-07

Date: 2012-12-07
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Hardiness by janicewood549 Dec 15, 2012 12:48 PM 1

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