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Is Hydrangea quercifolia a flop?

LoxleyLoxley Posts: 5,698
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I saw a H. quercifolia at Hidcote ages ago, it looked gaunt and unhappy. Last year I visited the Hydrangea collection in Derby; all the H. quercifolias were flopping all over the ground and completely showed up by the paniculata varieties.

Have I just been unlucky? For shade (northern side of a 5 storey building) would a quercifolia be OK or would it be better to go with paniculata e.g. Phantom?
"What is hateful to you, do not do to your neighbour". 

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  • Silver surferSilver surfer Posts: 4,719
    edited May 2020
    Hydrangrea quercifolia...love them.
    Interesting leaves, nice flowers, super autum colour.
    They like moist soil and are happy in dappled shade.

    https://www.flickr.com/search/?user_id=11713966%40N02&sort=date-taken-desc&text=hydrangea%20quercifolia&view_all=1
    Perthshire. SCOTLAND .
  • LoxleyLoxley Posts: 5,698
    Thanks (I love the Pteridophyllum on your Flickr page, that looks like a plant I need to get to know)
    "What is hateful to you, do not do to your neighbour". 
  • micearguersmicearguers Posts: 646
    I have a group of three in dappled shade, on clay soil. They are slow-growing here (perhaps due to the dry summers, I'm in Cambridgeshire) but very healthy and not floppy at all. I love them! Here the underplanting is Geranium macrorrhizum and Glechoma hederacea, (some self-seeded nigella as well), they work well in the dry climate as ground cover.



  • Sarah262Sarah262 Posts: 40
    I have an oakleaf hydrangea. I love it and have propagated another. It copes pretty well with our dry Essex climate. One grows in semi shade and the younger one in deeper shade. Time will tell which does better. neither droops but the older one hasn't liked the cold winds of late.
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