| | Hydrangea | Varieties | | | |
| Hydrangea Type | Description | Cultural Conditions | Bloom Time | Fertiizing and Pruning | Companion Plants |
| Macrophylla Big leaf French | 2 classifications: Hortensia (mophead) and Lace cap. 3-6′ tall & wide. Large, textured foliage. Mopheads have large round flowers. Color varies with soil ph. Lace caps have flat open flowers | Morning sun or dappled shade. Moist but well draining soil. Will grow in more sun with adequate moisture | June -July. Repeat bloomers like Bloomstruck & Endless summer will bloom linger given adequate nutrients/moisture | Slow release organic or 10-10-10 fertilizer 3 applications March, May & July. Blooms on old wood, prune July -Early August | Encore azaleas extend bloom season spreading yew, gardenias camellias, astilbe, ferns, hostas, peonies, heucheras |
| Panicle Paniculatta | Upright growth from 4-10′ tall. Large conical white flowers can reach 12″ or more. Flowers fade to pink late in the season | Morning sun or full day sun with adequate moisture | July-early Sept. Quick Fire/Little Quick fire will start in June | Slow release organic or 10-10-10 fertilizer in March. Blooms on new growth, prune in late fall or March | Drift and Knockout roses, candy corn spirea, pugster blue butterfly bushes, maroon leaf loropetalums, black-eyed-susans, salvias, coneflowers |
| Quercifolia Oakleaf | Large leaves resembling foliage of an oak tree. Grow 4-6′ tall/wide. 10″ conical blooms emerge soft greem turning white the fading to rose-pink | Light to partial shade. Will tolerate more shade than other hydrangeas. Tolerates dry soils | Late May-June. Flowers emerge soft green, turn white, fade to pinkish rose | Slow release organic or 10-10-10 fertilizer in March. Blooms on old wood, prune July -Early August | gardenias, distyliums, ferns, hostas, astilbe, lenten rose, big leaf hydrangeas |
| Arborscens Smooth | large smooth dark green foliage. Round white flowers up to 12″ diameter | Partial to full shade. Moist but well draining soil | June-Prune as flowers fade often get round of blooms in the fall | Slow release organic fertilizer in March. Blooms on new growth, prune in March | Rhododendron, soft caress mahonias, tall ferns, everillo grass |
| Anomala Climbing | Deciduous flowering vine climbs by clinging. Delicate white flowers almost resembling Queen Ann’s Lace | Partial to full shade. Flowers more with some sunlight | June-July Exfoliating brown bark is showy in the winter | Slow release organic fertilizer in March. Blooms on old wood, prune July -early August | Can climb buildings, arbors, fences and trees. Astilbe, ferns, Shishi gashira camellia |
