Hydrangea quercifolia 'Sike's Dwarf'
oak-leaved hydrangea 'Sike's Dwarf'
A compact, spreading, deciduous shrub to 90cm tall and 120cm wide. Its deeply-lobed, oak-like leaves, to 12cm long, turn attractive shades of bronze and purple in autumn. Conical flowerheads, to 10cm long, are borne from summer into autumn and comprise large white ray florets that turn a light pink with age
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Size
Growing conditions
Colour & scent
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Position
Aspect
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Botanical details
- Family
- Hydrangeaceae
- Native to GB / Ireland
- No
- Potentially harmful
- Skin, allergen., Wear, gloves, and, other, protective, equipment, when, handling
- Genus
Hydrangea can be deciduous or evergreen shrubs, or self-clinging climbers, with flowers in clusters usually comprising both small fertile and more showy sterile flowers; often good autumn colour
- Name status
Accepted
How to grow
Cultivation
Grow in any moist but well-drained soil in partial shade or grow in sun if soil remains reliably moist. Improve chalky soils with organic matter to support good growth. See shrubby hydrangea cultivation for further advice
Propagation
Propagate by softwood cuttings in early summer and hardwood cuttings in winter
Suggested planting locations and garden types
Pruning
Pests
May be susceptible to aphids, capsid bug, hydrangea scale and vine weevil
Diseases
May be susceptible to a leaf spot, powdery mildews, grey moulds (Botrytis) and honey fungus (rarely)
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