| Scientific Name: | Hydrangea aspera |
| Common Name: | Chinese hydrangea, rough-leaved hydrangea |
| Family Name: | Hydrangeaceae |
| Origin: | S.E. Asia / Japan / China |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 6: (-23 to -18 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Shrub - deciduous |
| Mature Size: | 2 - 3m x 2 - 3m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Upright |
| Form: | Round |
| Texture: | Coarse |
| Landscape Uses: | Mixed shrub border, Summer interest |
| Exposure: | Part sun/part shade, Filtered shade |
| Soil or Media: | Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Opposite, Soft flexible, Heavily veined, Pinnate venation, Pubescent, Elliptic, Ovate, Entire |
| Flowers: | Cyme, Violet, Purple, Pink, Jul-Aug-Sep |
| Fruit: | Capsule, Brown, Oct-Nov |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves opposite, ovate, grey-green, fuzzy texture, blades about 15cm long; inflorescence corymb-like cyme, flowers at center blue to purple (fertile), surrounded by sterile white (or sometimes pink to mauve) flowers in late summer to autumn. Winter ID: exfoliating bark; twigs pubescent; buds opposite, pointy, curved, pubescent; leaf scars heart-shaped with 5 bundle scars. | |