General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Shrub
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Dry Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 5a -28.9 °C (-20 °F) to -26.1 °C (-15 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 9b
Plant Height: 4 to 6 feet, to 8 feet possible
Plant Spread: 5 to 8 feet
Leaves: Good fall color
Deciduous
Fruit: Dehiscent
Flowers: Showy
Blooms on old wood
Flower Color: White
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Summer
Uses: Windbreak or Hedge
Provides winter interest
Cut Flower
Dried Flower
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Pollinators: Various insects
Miscellaneous: Monoecious
Patent/Plant Breeders' Rights: PP4,458; PBR4,598(as Flemygea)
Awards and Recognitions: RHS AGM
Other: 2001 Great Plant Picks award winner

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Trade name information:
Trade Name: Snow Queen™
Cultivar name: 'Flemygea'
Common names
  • Oakleaf Hydrangea
  • Hydrangea

Photo Gallery
Location: Dragons, Chelmsford, Essex, UK.
Date: 2022-08-16
Location: Downingtown, Pennsylvania
Date: 2010-11-11
close-up of fall leaves
Location: j c raulston arboretum, ncsu,  raleigh, north carolina
Date: 2024-05-21
Location: My garden
Date: 2020-06-26
Location: Ft Worth Botanic, Tx
Date: 2017-11-18
Location: At a nursery
Date: 2008-06-25
Location: Downingtown, Pennsylvania
Date: 2010-11-11
fall foliage
Location: j c raulston arboretum, ncsu,  raleigh, north carolina
Date: 2024-08-27
Location: South Jordan, Utah, United States
Date: 2018-10-06
Starting to change color.
Location: At a nursery
Date: 2008-06-25
Location: At a nursery
Date: 2008-06-25
Location: At a local nursery
Location: Downingtown, Pennsylvania
Date: 2017-06-14
mature shrub in bloom
Location: Downingtown, Pennsylvania
Date: 2017-06-14
flower cluster & leaves
Location: Dragons, Chelmsford, Essex, UK.
Date: 2022-08-16
Location: Downingtown, Pennsylvania
Date: 2010-12-31
shrubs in winter
Location: Downingtown, Pennsylvania
Date: 2019-09-07
flower clusters being brown in September

Photo courtesy of Joy Creek Nursery

Date: 2013-06-04

Photo courtesy of Singing Tree Gardens Nursery
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Location: My garden in N E Pa. 
Date: 2015-12-13
Location: At a nursery
Date: 2008-06-25
Location: At Regan's Nursery
Date: 2014-05-09

Date: 2013-06-08

Date: 2013-06-08
Location: English Gardens, West Bloomfield, MI
Date: 2013-08-01
Location: Downingtown, Pennsylvania
Date: 2010-12-30
stems, twigs, and bark
Location: Downingtown, Pennsylvania
Date: 2019-09-07
shrub in September

Photo Courtesy of Hydrangeas Plus Used with Permission
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Location: English Gardens, West Bloomfield, MI
Date: 2013-08-01
Location: English Gardens, West Bloomfield, MI
Date: 2013-08-01
Location: English Gardens, West Bloomfield, MI
Date: 2013-08-01
Location: English Gardens, West Bloomfield, MI
Date: 2013-08-01
Location: English Gardens, West Bloomfield, MI
Date: 2013-08-01
Location: Downingtown, Pennsylvania
Date: 2020-07-17
green colored flowers in mid-July
Location: Downingtown, Pennsylvania
Date: 2020-07-17
removed most showy florets to see fertile florets
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Comments:
  • Posted by ssgardener (Silver Spring, MD - Zone 7a) on Jun 19, 2013 2:50 PM concerning plant:
    Oakleaf 'Snow Queen' didn't bloom for me the first year it was planted, but the next year it bloomed beautifully. The white blooms started turning pink in mid June.

    The first year there were rust colored spots on the leaves, which was probably some sort a fungal infection. Nothing was sprayed and it did fine, although the leaves looked tired by the end of the season. Even so, the fall colors were gorgeous.

    I sprayed some fish oil on the leaves during the spring of the second year when the rust spots appeared again. The spots have not progressed and the blooms are not affected.

    'Snow Queen' has not required any additional watering or fertilizing in my amended clay. Very easy plant.
  • Posted by ILPARW (southeast Pennsylvania - Zone 6b) on Jan 19, 2019 4:30 PM concerning plant:
    I was given two plants several years ago, about 2009, and I thought they were regular Oakleaf Hydrangeas, but I noticed they were a little different than the mother species. The main difference is that the panicles, the conical flower clusters, are a little larger, about 8 inches long x 4 inches wide, and there are more sterile showy florets on the outside that cover the fertile florets farther inside the panicle, and these flower clusters are more erect. There is a good production of yellow pollen that falls each year on my white picket fence next to the shrubs from those inner fertile florets. The flower clusters are a good creamy white for about 4 to 6 weeks and then turn light green in July, then to a dark pinkish, and then brown. This may be the most common cultivar sold at some conventional nurseries and from mail order nurseries; they later can ship them bareroot. It does not need much pruning and that is best done right after the flowers lose their white color for the best blooming on the old wood for the next year.

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