Hydrangea quercifolia ‘Little Honey’
Hydrangea quercifolia 'Little Honey' is a striking oakleaf hydrangea with golden foliage and white summer flowers.
Hydrangea quercifolia ‘Little Honey’ is a striking oakleaf hydrangea with golden foliage topped with panicles of white flowers in summer. It is a branch sport of ‘Pee Wee’ and is thus compact and upright with stems 3-4 feet high and wide. The foliage will be gold in part sun and lime green in shade. The leaves are also usually brightest when young but mature foliage will also always be striking. Avoid hot afternoon sun which could burn the foliage. The leaves turn mahogany in fall and remain on the plants long into the winter season. A slow-growing shrub of great beauty and one of the few hydrangeas not native to Asia, in this case hailing from the southeastern US. Drought tolerant.
Common Name: Oakleaf Hydrangea - [Hydrangea Pre-Order]
Family: Hydrangaceae (The Hydrangea Family)
Zone Hardiness: 5-9
Light: Part Sun, Part Shade
Height: 2-4'
Width: 3-5'
Primary Bloom Colour: White/Cream
Secondary Bloom Colour: Green
Foliage Colour: Good Fall Colour, Golden
Class: Deciduous
Type: Shrub
Bloom Time: Summer, Fall
Soil Moisture: Average, Dry, Moist
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Fragrance: No
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Benefits: Butterflies Bees
Deer Resistant: Yes
BC Native: No
Native Habitat: Mixed hardwood forests, along streams and on forested hillsides, usually on calcareous soils, and often where limestone is at the ground surface. An understorey shrub, often in the shade of large oaks, hickories, magnolias, and American beech.
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