| Scientific Name: | Hydrangea macrophylla |
| Common Name: | bigleaf hydrangea |
| Family Name: | Hydrangeaceae |
| Origin: | S.E. Asia / Japan / China |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 6: (-23 to -18 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Flowering pot plant, Shrub - deciduous |
| Mature Size: | 1.3 - 2.0m x 1.5 - 2.0m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Dense, Spreading, Twiggy |
| Form: | Round |
| Texture: | Coarse |
| Landscape Uses: | Cut flower or foliage, Group or mass planting, Indoor plant, Mixed shrub border, Specimen plant, Summer interest |
| Exposure: | Part sun/part shade, Filtered shade, Deep shade |
| Soil or Media: | Acidic, Alkaline, Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Opposite, Heavily veined, Glabrous, Lustrous, Pubescent, Elliptic, Obovate, Ovate, Dentate, Serrate |
| Flowers: | Cyme, White, Blue, Violet, Pink, Jul-Aug-Sep |
| Fruit: | Capsule, Brown, Sep-Oct, (Persistent) |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Twiggy, deciduous shrub; leaves opposite, broadly ovate, most blades 11-18cm long x 5-10cm wide, margins coarsely toothed, petioles 1-3cm long; inflorescence flattened corymb-like cymes (mop-head or lace-cap), some florets with large blue to pink bracts. Winter ID: buds opposite, large triangular leaf scars with 3 bundle scars; persistent round dried inflorescences (if not pruned). | |