Chiri-san Sue mountain hydrangea
Hydrangea serrata 'Chiri-san Sue'
USDA zones6 to 9
SunHandles full sun to partial sun
WaterHandles moderate to moist soil
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Habit
- Clumping
- Bloom season
- Summer
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
'Chiri-san Sue' mountain hydrangea (Hydrangea serrata 'Chiri-san Sue') is a shrub for borders, containers, cottage gardens, and specimen planting. It is hardy to USDA zone 6, or down to -10°F (-23°C). This plant likes full or part sun and average to moist, sandy, loamy, or clay soil. It forms a clumping shrub and grows at a moderate pace. Flowers open from early to late summer, and bees visit them.
Pairs well with Japanese forest grass, Sum and Substance hosta, and The President clematis.