General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Shrub
Sun Requirements: 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 Time: Late spring or early summer
Summer
Edible Parts: Leaves
Eating Methods: Tea
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Pollinators: Bees

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Common names
  • Mountain Hydrangea
  • Hydrangea
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Hydrangea serrata
  • Synonym: Hydrangea serrata var. thunbergii
  • Synonym: Hydrangea serrata var. japonica
  • Synonym: Hydrangea serrata var. australis
  • Synonym: Hydrangea serrata var. angustata
  • Synonym: Hydrangea serrata var. megacarpa
  • Synonym: Hydrangea macrophylla subsp. serrata

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Location: Invercargill, New Zealand
Date: 2023-12-29
Location: Invercargill, New Zealand
Date: 2024-01-25
Location: My garden in St Louis
Date: 2012-05-13

Photo courtesy of Joy Creek Nursery
Location: My garden in St Louis
Date: 2010-07-04
Interesting local red coloration from mechanical leaf injury

Photo Courtesy of Hydrangeas Plus Used with Permission
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: Elizabethan Gardens, Dare County, North Carolina | June, 2022
Date: 2022-06-12
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