Ryan Gainey smooth hydrangea
Hydrangea arborescens 'Ryan Gainey'
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
- White
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
'Ryan Gainey' smooth hydrangea (Hydrangea arborescens 'Ryan Gainey') is a shrub for borders, hedges, specimen planting, and woodland 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 tend to pass it by. It grows fast and forms a clump up to 48 inches tall and wide. White blooms attract butterflies, bees, and birds.
Pairs well with Sensitive fern, Bellwort, and Sedge.