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Hydrangea involucrata

Bracted Hydrangea

Pronunciation
hye-DRAN-ja in-VOL-u-krot-uh
Family
Genus
Nativity

Japan, Taiwan

Growth Habit

Upright habit of many erect, usually unbranched stems.

Hardiness
6
Culture

Evenly moist, acid, organic-laden, well-drained soil in partial shade.

Landscape Use

Single use or massed; mixed border, woodland plant

Foliage

Light to medium green, broad-ovate to oblong, 3 to 6 inches long, 1 to 2.5 inches wide, finely serrated (bristle-tipped), rough above with short, .75 to 1 inch long petioles.

Buds

Buds are covered with approximately 6, broad-ovate bracts, which open outward and persist with flattened white hairs.

Flower

Irregular corymbs, 3 to 5 inches wide, composed of numerous, small, pink to blue fertile flowers and relatively few, long-pediceled, white, pale blue, or light

Fruit

Tomentose capsules

Propagation

Cuttings.

Pests
None serious.
Cultivars

'Wim Rutten' Blue Bunny™ - This dwarf plant is ideal for small gardens or containers. The summer lacecap inflorescences have pale blue to white sterile flowers and deeper blue fertile flowers. Unlike other hydrangeas, the plant continues to produce new flowers into the fall, so there is always fresh color on the plant.

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