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Japanese Hydrangea Vine

Hydrangea hydrangeoides

Also called Japanese Hydrangea, Climbing Hydrangea

Japanese Hydrangea Vine
Photo: 阿橋 HQ, CC BY-SA 2.0

Japanese hydrangea vine is a woody, self-clinging climber from East Asia, grown for its lacecap flower heads and dark foliage. It is slow to establish, so give it patience and a sturdy support in a sheltered spot.

Family
Hydrangeaceae (Hydrangea family)
Grows as
Climber
Light
Part shade, Bright indirect
Water
Keep soil evenly moist during establishment and water in dry spells; avoid waterlogging.
Soil
Moist, humus-rich, well-drained soil.
Temperature
10–25 °C; hardy to about -20 °C in cultivation; protect young plants from cold winds.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Korea (Jejudo, Ulleungdo), S. Kuril Is. to Japan
Climate
temperate

About

Hydrangea hydrangeoides, the Japanese hydrangea vine, is a species of flowering plant in the family Hydrangeaceae, native to Ulleungdo Island of South Korea, Japan, and the southern Kuril Islands.

How to grow it

Under its synonym Schizophragma hydrangeoides its cultivars 'Roseum' and 'Moonlight' have gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.

In cultivation this species is slow to establish.

Other Hydrangea plants

Hydrangea febrifuga · Hydrangea · Climbing Hydrangea · Wild hydrangea · Rough Leaf Hydrangea · Hydrangea fauriei · Hydrangea glaucescens · Bigleaf Hydrangea · Panicled hydrangea · Climbing Hydrangea · Oakleaf hydrangea · Mountain hydrangea

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Hydrangea hydrangeoides by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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