Snow Queen oakleaf hydrangea
Hydrangea quercifolia 'Snow Queen'
RHS AGM 2012
USDA zones5 to 9
SunHandles full sun to partial shade
WaterHandles dry to moist soil
Sizeup to 6 feet tallup to 6 feet wide
- Growth rate
- Medium
- Habit
- Mounding
- Bloom season
- Spring, summer, autumn
- Bloom color
- White
- Foliage color
- Green, bronze
- Fall color
- Red, bronze, purple
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay
- Soil pH
- Neutral (pH 6.6 to 7.3), slightly acidic (pH 5.6 to 6.5)
- Toxicity
- Toxic to dogs, toxic to cats, toxic to horses
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
'Snow Queen' oakleaf hydrangea (Hydrangea quercifolia 'Snow Queen') is a shrub for shade gardens, woodland edges, foundation plantings, and specimen use. It is hardy to USDA zone 5, or down to -20°F (-29°C). This plant likes full sun to part shade and dry to moist, sandy, loamy, or clay soil. White flowers open on a mounding shrub that reaches about 72 inches tall. The green leaves turn red, bronze, and purple in fall. In zones 5 and 6, you may want to give it winter protection.
Pairs well with Christmas fern, Witch hazel, and Red twig dogwood.