Wild hydrangea

Which ones do pollinators love best? There are a lot of hydrangeas to choose from at garden centers. Lace caps, mop heads, panicles with blue, white, and pink flowers and combinations thereof. Our two native hydrangeas are the oak leaf (Hydrangea quercifolia) and the wild hydrangea (Hydrangea arborescens), both with white flowers. Oakleaf hydrangeas are native to the southeastern US. Wild hydrangeas are native to our area. Of the wild hydrangeas, some are lace caps and some are mopheads. Mt…

This week, we are revisiting some of our favorite summer-centric Gardenista stories. Remember this one? Hydrangeas suffer from the same image problem as rh

Wild Hydrangea (Hydrangea arborescens)

Turn your backyard into an eco-friendly oasis by following these recommendations from landscape architect and author Alan Branhagen.

Hydrangea arborescens, Wild Hydrangea is available at Toadshade Wildflower Farm, a mail order nursery in Frenchtown, NJ, that specializes in native perennial wildflower plants and seeds.

Forests of Japan & wild hydrangea

Large clusters of flat, creamy white, flowers open in June and last for many weeks. Plants bloom most of the summer. Pollen-rich flowers attract many insects. Plants form rounded mounds. […]

Because our current state flower isn't even native to our state, the Oak Leaf Hydrangea, which is native, was selected to be the State of Alabama's Wildflower