smooth hydrangea
Hydrangea arborescens
USDA zones3 to 9
SunHandles full sun to partial shade
WaterHandles moderate to moist soil
Size3 to 4 feet tall3 to 4 feet wide
- Growth rate
- Rapid
- Habit
- Clumping
- Bloom season
- Spring, summer, autumn
- Bloom color
- White
- Foliage color
- Green
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
Smooth hydrangea (Hydrangea arborescens) is a shrub for borders, pollinator gardens, shade gardens, and woodlands. 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. It grows fast into a clumping mound with white blooms that attract butterflies, bees, and birds. Deer and rabbits usually look elsewhere for a meal. It also tolerates salt.
Pairs well with Cinnamon fern, Bellwort, and Standing Ovation little bluestem.
Native range
Eastern U.S..