Taube bigleaf hydrangea
Hydrangea macrophylla 'Taube'
USDA zones5 to 9
SunHandles partial sun to full shade
WaterHandles moderate or wet soil
Sizeup to 5 feet tallup to 5 feet wide
- Growth rate
- Rapid
- Habit
- Erect
- Bloom season
- Summer
- Bloom color
- Rose (alkaline soils)blue (acid soils)
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay
Garden uses
Notes
'Taube' bigleaf hydrangea (Hydrangea macrophylla 'Taube') is a shrub for cut flowers, hedges, shade gardens, and foundation plantings. It is hardy to USDA zone 5, or down to -20°F (-29°C). This plant likes part sun to full shade and average to wet, sandy, loamy, or clay soil. It blooms from early to late summer, with rose flowers in alkaline soils and blue flowers in acid soils. It sits low on the menu for deer. It grows fast and tolerates salt.
Pairs well with Golden Tiara hosta, Autumn fern, and Northwind switchgrass.