Golden Sunlight mountain hydrangea
Hydrangea serrata 'Golden Sunlight'
USDA zones6 to 9
SunHandles full sun to partial shade
WaterHandles moderate to moist soil
Size2 to 4 feet tall2 to 4 feet wide
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Habit
- Clumping
- Bloom season
- Summer
- Bloom color
- Pink edged with white
- Fall color
- Yes
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
'Golden Sunlight' mountain hydrangea (Hydrangea serrata 'Golden Sunlight') is a shrub for borders, containers, and shade gardens. It is hardy to USDA zone 6, or down to -10°F (-23°C). This plant likes full sun to part shade and average to moist, sandy, loamy, or clay soil. Pink blooms edged with white open from early to late summer and attract bees. The clumping plant grows 24 to 48 inches tall and wide, and it adds fall color.
Pairs well with Japanese forest grass, Sum and Substance hosta, and Foam flower.