Oakleaf Hydrangea
(Hydrangea quercifolia)
Description: Deciduous shrub, irregular mounds, stoloniferous, exfoliating bark. Leaves resemble oak or maple leaves, tomentose on underside, dark green in summer turning red, orange, purple in the fall. Young stems and buds brownish tomentose. Large white flower clusters (outer flowers sterile and inner ones fertile) in early and mid-summer, turn brown and persist.
Size: 4-6 ft (1.2-1.8 m)
Climate: Sun to part shade; best in fertile, moist, well-drained soil, with cool root environment.
History: Native to Georgia, Florida, and Mississippi.
quercifolia: oak (Quercus)-like leaves
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