Munchkin oakleaf hydrangea and sun
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what is the smallest dwarf oakleaf hydrangea
Comments (15)Thanks this was a helpful thread. I have not looked on Houzz for this kind of content before. I too find these dwarf plants are not very dwarf and need pruning. Here in Pacific NW pruning these kinds of hydrangeas (Oakleaf) is easy and its harder to screw up the timing and lose the flowers unlike the mop head hydrangea. Oakleaf also need less water so that is ideal. I was just at a garden this morning where their mature Oakleaf had simply eaten the entire front foundation planting. It was hacked back to a 4' high clump but we are going to replace it since it is crowding out a native ribes. I am going to recommend Munchkin and assume that with pruning it can be maintained at 4 x 4. I do love the smaller flowers and the bark of Sikes Dwarf however. Z6-8 Photo is probably Snow Queen. It layers so beautifully. Any thoughts between choosing Sikes Dwarf and Munchkin anyone?...See MoreZone 5 Oakleaf sun needs
Comments (3)One big problem for you, and me, is that our winters are harsh enough to kill back the top growth in many years, taking the flowering buds at the tips. This past year has been a most unusual one and we've had great flowering around here. But that's the exception. My friend has a Snowflake and it's planted in dappled shade, and never really gets much direct sun and it is covered with blooms this year. There are other varieties of Oakleaf growing in full sun and they're doing great, too. The bottom line seems to be that it's not too critical here in the North where you plant them. Hay...See MoreOakleaf Hydrangea advice please?
Comments (14)From Dirr's Manual of Woody Landscape Plants: Size: 4' to 6' (8') in height, spread as wide and wider as it suckers from roots; the more I look the larger the plants that surface. Old specimens in the south reach 10 to 12' and never look back. He also says it's stoloniforous; however he says fresh seed will germinate easily, so maybe I'm just finding a lot of seedlings. Since I'm not a very tidy gardener, they may be pretty fully developed by the time I spot them, even in the brick path... One of mine in particular suckers very much like an H. arborescens - I could easily divide off these smaller plants around the main one. Back to Jant's question, though, Dirr says they always do better with some shade, even in the north. I can't argue with that, although some of mine are fine in sun....See MoreOakleaf hydrangea, Munchkin
Comments (7)It is drought tolerant -like all the other oakleaf hydrangeas- once established but does not like its feet (roots) to get wet. If they get wet for too long, it will catch root rot... like all other oakleaf hydrangeas. So do not pick locations with standing water. I have Ruby Slippers and yours is somewhat similar in dimensions. They are deciduous most of the time for me (evergreen in some years) but that will not happen in a Z5 winter. Low growing shrubbery (hostas, etc) and yellow leaf shrubs (for contrast) would look good. I too have all my oakleaf hydrangeas in full shade but bright/indirect sun. No problems bloomage-wise. The stems & flower buds have withstood overnight temps of 13F/15F for me but I am in Z7b/8a. They were developed in Tenn and tested in various other locations. The Missouri Botanical Gardens like them so give them a try. They do bloom on old wood. They have resisted by area's tendency to zoom temps to the 80s and then crash to the 20s without winter protection. But you have much different weather; it mostly stays cold for you and my dips below freezing last a little more than a week. Here is reading material on Munchkin and Ruby Slippers... both were released at the same time by the Natl Arboretum: http://hortsci.ashspublications.org/content/45/12/1908.full http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?kempercode=d380 Awesome $10.... For that much, I would give it a try and report how it goes once they have become established. Mind you, that $10 price is awesome. I have seen 25-33% discounts in the last few days with hydrangeas but I am still paying in the upper 20s to mid 30s.....See Moreluis_pr
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