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Plant Habit: Shrub
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Partial or Dappled Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Plant Height: 3 feet
Plant Spread: 3 feet
Leaves: Deciduous
Fruit: Dehiscent
Flowers: Showy
Blooms on old wood
Flower Time: Summer
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Cuttings: Cane
Division
Pollinators: Bees

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Common names
  • Lacecap Hydrangea
  • Bigleaf Hydrangea
  • Hydrangea

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Location: Del Norte county, Ca. amongst the Redwoods
Date: 2019-07-12
Location: Del Norte county, Ca. amongst the Redwoods
Date: 2019-07-12
Uploaded by wcgypsy
Location: In my MIL garden, Fairfax, VA
Date: 2017-08-17
Some growth reverts to solid green leaves.
Location: In my MIL's garden, Fairfax, VA
Date: 2017-08-17
Some leaves are all white or half white
Location: Western Washington
Date: 2015-08-20
Location: Lucketts, Loudoun County, Virginia
Date: 6/22/2010
Location: Albany Georgia 
Date: 2016-05-24

Date: c. 1852
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Location: Lowndesboro AL
Date: 2016-05-02
Location: Lucketts, Loudoun County, Virginia
Date: 2010-06-16
Location: In my MIL's garden, Fairfax VA
Date: 2017-08-17
Some leaves revert to all green.
Location: In my MIL's garden, Fairfax, VA
Date: 2017-08-21
Location: Western Washington
Date: 2015-08-20
Location: Virginia
Date: 2012-05-29
Location: Virginia
Date: 2012-06-01
5 yrs old
Location: Elizabethan Gardens, Dare County, North Carolina | June, 2022
Date: 2022-06-12

Date: Sep 23, 2011 7:24 PM
Location: Ft Worth Botanic, Tx
Date: 2017-11-18

Date: May 27, 2011 5:46 PM
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