Hydrangea arborescens Wild Hydrangea Seed & Plants
(hy-DRAIN-juh  or hy-DRAN-jee-uh  ar-bo-RES-senz)
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Hydrangea arborescens Wild Hydrangea is a very attractive native shrub with large clusters of small white fragrant flowers.  Plant wild Hydrangea in the back of a perennial bed or use as a accent plant. Wild Hydrangea bush grows best in moist, humus-rich acidic soil in light to medium shade.  Prune back Wild Hydrangea plants in the fall or early spring to keep it thick and bushy.

Native Wild Hydrangea arborescens wildflower shrub occurs naturally on rich or rocky wooded slopes, at the base of bluffs, and along streams from Georgia to Oklahoma, north to New York, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, and Missouri.    Hydrangeaceae (Hydrangea Family)

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Wild Hydrangea arborescens Plant distribution map complements of USDA, NRCS. 2001. The PLANTS Database, Version 3.1
  (http://plants.usda.gov). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA.

Hydrangea arborescens L.
Wild hydrangea
Hydrangeaceae (Hydrangea Family)
USDA Symbol: HYAR
USDA Native Status: Native to U.S.

Small mound-shaped densely multi-stemmed shrub 3-6 ft. tall wild hydragea is often broader than high at maturity. The flat-topped clusters of delicate greenish-white flowers are the deciduous shrub’s main landscape feature. Some flowers are so heavy as to weigh the stem to the ground. Fall foliage is insignificant. 

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Shrub
Size Class: 6-12 ft.
Fruit Type: Capsule
Autumn Foliage: yes
Fruit Color: Brown 

Bloom Color: White , Green
Bloom Time: Jun , Jul , Aug 

Distribution
USA: AL , AR , CT , DE , FL , GA , IL , IN , KS , KY , LA , MD , MA , MS , MO , NJ , NY , NC , OH , OK , PA , SC , TN , VA , WV , DC
Native Distribution: S. NY to s.e. MO s. to FL LA & OK
Native Habitat: Rich woods; rocky slopes; stream banks 

Light Requirement: Part Shade
Soil Moisture: Moist
Soil Description: Rich well-drained moist soils.
Conditions Comments: Wild hydrangea suckers freely creeping over large areas. It is susceptible to sunscald chlorosis in alkaline soils and winter dieback. Many weak brittle canes are easily broken in wind and ice. Fast-growing and short-lived this hydrangea is often treated as an herbaceous perennial and cut to the ground every winter. If the canes are allowed to grow the naturally peeling bark is attractive. The plant will need supplemental watering in hot dry summers. 

Butterflies and Moths of North America (BAMONA)
Hydrangea arborescens is a larval host and/or nectar source for:
Hydrangea sphinx
(Darapsa versicolor)

Family Scientific Name: Hydrangeaceae
Family Common Name: Hydrangea Family
Scientific Name: Hydrangea arborescens
Common Name: Hills-of-snow hydrangea
Species Code: HYDARB
Ecotype: Cumberland Gap National Historical Park, Shenandoah National Park, George Washington Memorial Parkway
General Distribution: South New York to Ohio, Missouri and Oklahoma, south to Georgia, Lousiana, and Arkansas.
Propagation Goal: Plants
Propagation Method: Vegetative
Product Type: Container (plug)
Target Specifications: Stock Type: Woody plug, container shrub.
Height: Varies depending on container, use and site. 2-3 gallon container specimen: 36-48”; 2” plug: 4-5”.
Root System: Roots of finished plant should fill container.
Other Comments: Vegetation Propagation Method: Softwood cuttings are taken in late June. Cuttings are trimmed to a size that has a node at the bottom of the cutting with one pair of leaves at the top, dipped in a 1:5 solution of Dip n Grow, and stuck in flats of perlite under mist in the greenhouse. Cuttings root in a few weeks and are then transplanted to quart containers with a mix of Sunshine Mix #1, fine pine bark chips, Nutricote, and endomycorrhizae.