Lime Rickey smooth hydrangea
Hydrangea arborescens 'Lime Rickey'
USDA zones3 to 8
SunHandles full sun to partial sun
WaterHandles moderate to moist soil
Size4 to 5 feet tall4 to 5 feet wide
- Growth rate
- Rapid
- Habit
- Clumping
- Bloom season
- Spring, summer, autumn
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay
- Soil pH
- Acid, neutral
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
'Lime Rickey' smooth hydrangea (Hydrangea arborescens 'Lime Rickey') is a shrub for borders, specimen planting, containers, and rain gardens. It is hardy to USDA zone 3, or down to -40°F (-40°C). This plant likes full or part sun and average to moist, sandy, loamy, or clay soil. It grows rapidly into a clumping shrub about 4 to 5 feet tall and wide. Deer and rabbits usually look elsewhere for a meal. Butterflies, bees, and birds visit it, and it tolerates salt.
Pairs well with Sensitive fern, Wild ginger, and Gooseneck loosestrife.