Hydrangea Oakleaf Sikes Dwarf

Pi 658494 was developed from seedlings obtained from a 1997 open pollination of oakleaf hydrangea cultivar sikes dwarf.

Hydrangea oakleaf sikes dwarf. This is a relatively low maintenance shrub and is best pruned in late winter once the threat of extreme cold has passed. Specific epithet is in reference to the leaves that look like those of quercus oak. Sikes dwarf hydrangea is a multi stemmed deciduous shrub with an upright spreading habit of growth. Its relatively coarse texture can be used to stand it apart from other landscape plants with finer foliage.

National arboretum s shrub breeding program in mcminnville tennessee. Genus hydrangea species quercifolia variety sikes dwarf zone 5 9 bloom season mid summer late summer habit dwarf plant height 3 ft 4 ft plant width 3 ft 4 ft bloom size 8 in 12 in additional characteristics bloom first year easy care plants fall color free bloomer bloom color light. This selection is one of the first two hydrangea cultivars developed from the u s. Hydrangeas that bloom on old wood include dwarf varieties of bigleaf hydrangeas hydrangea macrophylla such as the cultivar pia hydrangea macrophylla pia and plants in a series called.

The genus name hydrangea comes from hydor meaning water and aggeion meaning vessel in reference to the cup like capsular fruit. It was released in 2010.