Tuff Stuff mountain hydrangea
Hydrangea serrata 'Tuff Stuff'
PW Best Seller
USDA zones5 to 10
SunHandles full sun to full shade
WaterHandles moderate to moist soil
Size2 to 3 feet tall2 to 3 feet wide
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Habit
- Clumping
- Bloom season
- Summer, autumn
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay
- Soil pH
- Acid, neutral
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
'Tuff Stuff' mountain hydrangea (Hydrangea serrata 'Tuff Stuff') 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 full shade and average to moist, sandy, loamy, or clay soil. It grows 2 to 3 feet tall and wide and blooms again after its first flush. The rich pink lacecap flowers can turn lavender blue in lower pH soil, and bees visit them.
Pairs well with Japanese forest grass, Sum and Substance hosta, and Christmas fern.