Quick Description
An excellent very large garden or massing shrub featuring enormous showy flower spikes which fade from milky white to pink, interesting foliage with reliable fall color and papery bark; rather coarse in appearance, best used in groupings
Other Names: Oak Leaf Hydrangea
What Makes it Special?
Alice Hydrangea features bold fragrant conical white flowers with pink overtones at the ends of the branches from early to mid summer. The flowers are excellent for cutting. It has dark green deciduous foliage which emerges grayish green in spring. The large fuzzy lobed leaves turn an outstanding burgundy in the fall. The peeling brick red bark adds an interesting dimension to the landscape.
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Landscape Attributes
Alice Hydrangea is a multi-stemmed deciduous shrub with an upright spreading habit of growth. Its strikingly bold and coarse texture can be very effective in a balanced landscape composition.
This is a relatively low maintenance shrub, and is best pruned in late winter once the threat of extreme cold has passed. It has no significant negative characteristics.
Planting & Growing
Alice Hydrangea will grow to be about 10 feet tall at maturity, with a spread of 10 feet. It tends to be a little leggy, with a typical clearance of 2 feet from the ground, and is suitable for planting under power lines. It grows at a slow rate, and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for approximately 30 years.
This shrub performs well in both full sun and full shade. It prefers to grow in average to moist conditions, and shouldn’t be allowed to dry out. It is not particular as to soil type or pH. It is somewhat tolerant of urban pollution, and will benefit from being planted in a relatively sheltered location. Consider applying a thick mulch around the root zone in winter to protect it in exposed locations or colder microclimates. This is a selection of a native North American species.
Hydrangea quercifolia 'Alice'
Alice Hydrangea
$60.00 – $179.00
$60.00 – $179.00
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Height : 10 feet
Spread: 10 feet
Sunlight: full sun to shade
Water Usage: average to moist
Landscape Use: Accent, Mass Planting, General Garden Use
Flower Color: White
Bloom Period:From Early To Mid Summer
Foliage Type: deciduous
Foliage Color: Green
Deer Resistant?: No
Spread: 10 feet
Sunlight: full sun to shade
Water Usage: average to moist
Landscape Use: Accent, Mass Planting, General Garden Use
Flower Color: White
Bloom Period:From Early To Mid Summer
Foliage Type: deciduous
Foliage Color: Green
Deer Resistant?: No
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IndyPlants sells landscape size plant material. These often come in black nursery containers and are classified in sizes such as #2, #3, #5, etc. This correlates to the volume of the container, 2 gallon, 3, gallon, 5 gallon, etc. The bigger the number, the larger the pot, and the larger the plant. You’ll also see larger sizes such as 2” BB, 2.5” BB, 3” BB, etc. This stands for ‘Balled & Burlapped’. These plants are usually much larger and are not transported in black nursery pots. The sizing correlates to the diameter of the trunk of the tree.
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