Category: Seminum | Sub-Category: Shrubs and Vines
Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Hydrangea arborescens subsp. radiata
Family: Hydrangeaceae
Shrub to 7′. Silver Leaf Hydrangea. Eastern US. This versatile, multi-stemmed, deciduous shrubs is very free-flowering. The inflorescences consist of two to six-inch wide, flat corymbs of sterile flowers with creamy white, large sepals. These showy, sterile flowers are borne around the periphery of an inner cluster of smaller, shorter, fertile flowers. Leaves are opposite, serrated, and dark green; the undersides are densely covered with silvery, felt-like hairs that look striking when revealed by a breeze. Long blooming. Shade to part shade. Moist, well-drained soil. 5 & T2