NCHA2 smooth hydrangea
Hydrangea arborescens 'NCHA2'
USDA zones3 to 9
SunHandles full sun to partial shade
WaterHandles moderate to moist soil
Sizeup to 4 feet tallup to 4 feet wide
- Growth rate
- Rapid
- Habit
- Clumping
- Bloom season
- Spring, summer, autumn
- Bloom color
- Pink
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
'NCHA2' smooth hydrangea (Hydrangea arborescens 'NCHA2') is a shrub for borders, specimen planting, and shade gardens. It is hardy to USDA zone 3, or down to -40°F (-40°C). This plant likes full sun to part shade and average to moist, sandy, loamy, or clay soil. Deer and rabbits rarely make it their first choice. It grows at a rapid pace into a clumping shrub up to 48 inches tall and wide. Butterflies, bees, and birds visit it, and it tolerates salt.
Pairs well with Sensitive fern, Northern bayberry, and Spanish bluebell.