Hydrangea Quercifolia Fruit

The genus name hydrangea comes from hydor meaning water and aggeion meaning vessel in reference to the cup like capsular fruit.

Hydrangea quercifolia fruit. The plant grows in sun or shade and prefers a rich moist soil. Specific epithet is in reference to the leaves that look like those of quercus oak. They are borne on stiff upright hairy stems which occasionally branch. Oakleaf hydrangea has 8 to 12 inch long leaves shaped like oak leaves fig.

Photo by cure nursery. Snow queen has an upright broad rounded habit and typically grows 4 6 tall. We are offering alice native oakleaf hydrangea a superior form that has larger flowers better fall color and very disease resistant leaves. The oakleaf hydrangea is one of the few hydrangeas native to the united states.

Larger sterile flowers occur towards the base of the panicle fertile flowers are creamy and fragrant and occur toward the tip. Specific epithet is in reference to the leaves that look like those of quercus oak. Oakleaf hydrangea the quintessential flowering shrub for the native garden is a deciduous shrub native to our southeastern states with outstanding ornamental value. The fragrant flowers fade to pink then tan in the fall.

Quercifolia is the best all round shrub for shade everyone should have at least one. The native oakleaf hydrangea h. A fuller shrub can be created by pinching the new growth or cutting back old growth. Its growth form is broad rounded with lower stems sweeping the ground.

The genus name hydrangea comes from hydor meaning water and aggeion meaning vessel in reference to the cup like capsular fruit.