Oakleaf Hydrangea (Hydrangea quercifolia)

Oakleaf Hydrangea (Hydrangea quercifolia)Deciduous, North American shrub Description: Pyramidal clusters of white flowers in mid summer, changing to purplish pink and finally brown; spectacular fall color: red, orange brown, and purple; attractive cinnamon colored bark Habit: Grows 4 to 8 feet high and wide; upright, arching habit Culture: Prefers sun to part shade and moist, fertile, well drained, mulched soil Hardiness: Cold hardy to USDA Zone 5 Origin: North America Attributes: Fall

prune right after flowering

each included this unusual native shrub in their plant lists around the turn of the 19th century

Native to central and southeastern United States

Imported from France

Jean-Antoine Houdon

with dark green foliage

grows from eastern Canada to Minnesota through the south to Georgia and Alabama

Attributes: Deer resistant — Attracts butterflies

Legend has it that the Bourbon class of roses occurred as a chance cross between the Old Blush China and the Damask Rose 'Quatre Saisons'

like the twin strands of DNA

is used as a vermifuge

Origin: South America