Grayswood mountain hydrangea
Hydrangea serrata 'Grayswood'
RHS AGM 1993
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
'Grayswood' mountain hydrangea (Hydrangea serrata 'Grayswood') is a shrub for borders, specimens, shade gardens, and woodland settings. 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 blooms from early to late summer. Bees visit the flowers, and the clumping habit grows at a moderate pace.
Pairs well with Foam flower, Japanese forest grass, Autumn fern, and Praying Hands hosta.