SMNHSDD mountain hydrangea
Hydrangea serrata 'SMNHSDD'
USDA zones5 to 9
SunHandles full sun to partial shade
WaterHandles moderate to moist soil
Sizeup to 3 feet tallup to 3 feet wide
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Habit
- Clumping
- Bloom season
- Summer
- Bloom color
- Pink (alkaline soils) blue (acid soils)
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
'Smnhsdd' mountain hydrangea (Hydrangea serrata 'Smnhsdd') is a shrub for borders, containers, cottage gardens, and shade gardens. It is hardy to USDA zone 5, or down to -20°F (-29°C). This plant likes full sun to part shade and average to moist, sandy, loamy, or clay soil. It forms a clumping mound up to 36 inches tall and wide. Blooms open in early to late summer and attract bees. Flowers are pink in alkaline soils and blue in acid soils.
Pairs well with Wide Brim hosta, Japanese forest grass, and Christmas fern.