Madame Emile Mouillère bigleaf hydrangea
Hydrangea macrophylla 'Madame Emile Mouillère'
RHS AGM 1993
USDA zones6 to 9
SunHandles partial sun or full shade
WaterHandles moderate or wet soil
- Growth rate
- Rapid
- Habit
- Erect
- Bloom season
- Summer
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay
Garden uses
Notes
'Madame Emile Mouillère' bigleaf hydrangea (Hydrangea macrophylla 'Madame Emile Mouillère') is a shrub for cut flowers, cottage gardens, hedges, and shade gardens. It is hardy to USDA zone 6, or down to -10°F (-23°C). This plant likes part sun to full shade and average to wet, sandy, loamy, or clay soil. It blooms from early to late summer and grows fast. Deer usually look elsewhere for a meal. It also tolerates salt.
Pairs well with Praying Hands hosta, Aureola Japanese forest grass, and Lady fern.