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Climbing Hydrangea
Hydrangea anomala
Climbing Hydrangea is a medium-growing shrub, hardy in USDA zones 5-8, that matures to about 30-40 ft × 5-6 ft. It does best in part shade and full shade with medium water needs in occasionally-wet soil. Expect blue, pink and purple blooms in spring and summer. It attracts pollinators, stands up well to deer.
- USDA zones
- 5-8
- Sun
- Part shade, Full shade
- Water
- Medium
- Mature size
- 30-40 ft × 5-6 ft
- Growth rate
- Medium
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- Occasionally-wet
- Bloom color
- Blue, Pink, Purple, White
- Bloom season
- Spring, Summer
- Attracts
- Pollinators
- Tough against
- Deer
- Toxic to
- People
- Native to
- Himalayas, China
Freeze survival
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