(Free) Little Honey Dwarf Oakleaf Hydrangea
It grows to about 3 4 and has beautiful golden leaves emerging in the spring that become chartreuse with age and finally spring green by mid summer.
Little honey dwarf oakleaf hydrangea. Oakleaf hydrangeas are already one of my favorite shrubs. Creamy white flowers. The leaves turn bright scarlet in the fall as well. Bright golden yellow foliage is the hallmark of little honey hydrangea a branch sport of the dwarf selection pee wee. A branch sport of the dwarf selection pee wee. A purchase of a hydrangea little honey is a true investment in your yard. It prefers a soil rich in organic matter.
Just when i thought they could not get any better chartreuse foliaged little honey came along. Usda zone 5 9 20 f 28 9 c. The genus name hydrangea comes from hydor meaning water and aggeion meaning vessel in reference to the cup like capsular fruit. Long cone shaped clusters of pure white flowers mature to pink with age. Dark green oak like leaves turn red purple or bright red in fall. Have great foliage flowers and fall color. Hydrangea quercifolia little honey is a beautiful golden foliage white flowering oakleaf hydrangea.
Little honey is a compact spreading cultivar that typically matures to 3 4 tall and to 4 5 wide. It was released in 2010. A distinctive new oakleaf with bright golden yellow foliage. Brilliant red autumn foliage. A low maintenance easy to grow shrub. Brilliant red autumn foliage. National arboretum s shrub breeding program in mcminnville tennessee.
Oakleaf hydrangea hydrangea quercifolia. The foliage emerges gold and then changes to a pleasing chartreuse as the season progresses. Hydrangea quercifolia little honey is the white flowering yellow oak leaf hydrangea for you. This selection is one of the first two hydrangea cultivars developed from the u s. Specific epithet is in reference to the leaves that look like those of quercus oak. And provide stems of dried flowers in winter. Little honey dwarf oakleaf hydrangea hydrangea quercifolia little honey pp 15477 little honey is a compact spreading cultivar that typically matures to 3 4 tall and to 4 5 wide.
Little honey oakleaf hydrangea is very easy to grow in most any moist but well drained soil with average fertility and full sun to part shade in northern zones where it will grow and shade to part shade morning sun with afternoon shade or filtered sun in southern zones. This new oakleaf hydrangea cultivar is a golden leaved sport of the cultivar pee wee so it is also a dwarf. Pi 658494 was developed from seedlings obtained from a 1997 open pollination of oakleaf hydrangea cultivar sikes dwarf. They are tough and reliable.