Silverleaf Hydrangea

Hydrangea radiata Saxifragaceae

Growth habit

Shrub

Perennation

Long-lived polycarpic perennial

Native distribution

NC to TN

Location

Zucker Shrub Collection

Source of plant

Cornell Botanic Gardens, Michigan State University

Description

Leaf undersides densely white-tomentose, occasionally gray-tomentose, the flowers held in large cymes, white at first becoming reddish, the sterile margin florets always present and white, blooming in June and July.

USDA Hardiness Zone

3