Hydrangea quercifolia 'Snow Flake'

oak-leaved hydrangea

size: 3 litre pot

available to order from summer 2012

£18.99

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• Position: full sun or partial shade
• Soil: moist, well-drained, moderately fertile, humus-rich soil
• Rate of growth: average
• Flowering period: July to September
• Flower colour: white
• Other features: contact with the foliage may aggravate skin allergies; the flower-heads make excellent dried flower arrangements
• Hardiness: fully hardy
  
  Arching clusters of long-lasting, double white flowers from July to September, pink-tinged with age, and deeply lobed, mid-green leaves. This deciduous, oak-leaved hydrangea is later-flowering than other varieties. With magnificent, bronze-purple autumn foliage, it makes an eye-catching specimen plant for a partly shady border with moist, well-drained soil.
  
  
• Garden care:Requires minimal pruning. Where necessary remove misplaced or diseased shoots in spring.