Hydrangea quercifolia ‘Toy Soldier’
Hydrangea quercifolia 'Toy Soldier' is a compact oakleaf hydrangea with a profusion of upright white to green conical heads.
Hydrangea quercifolia ‘Toy Soldier’ is an improved oakleaf hydrangea with white and green panicles of broad sterile florets loosely arranged around a profusion of lime-green fertile flowers on a compact and upright shrub to 4-5 feet tall and wide. Foliage turns mahogany in fall and remains 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: Full Sun Part Sun Part Shade
Height: 4-6'
Width: 3-5'
Primary Bloom Colour: White/Cream
Secondary Bloom Colour: Green
Class: Deciduous
Type: Shrub
Bloom Time: Summer - Fall
Soil Moisture: Average, Dry, Moist
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Fragrance: No
Berries:
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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