Big-leaf hydrangeas may have the spotlight with their giant puffs of flowers blooming in pink, blue, purple or white. Wild hydrangeas, plants native to the U.S., shouldn’t be overlooked. These native ...

Smooth hydrangea (Hydrangea arborescens) is one of only two species native to Illinois. This small and often overlooked native shrub is much more prevalent in southern Illinois, although it ...

Smooth or wild hydrangea (Hydrangea arborescens) is a common shrub of sloping woodlands and shaded rock outcrops along streams and rivers in the southern two-thirds of Indiana. The attractive clusters ...

This native hydrangea tolerates a range of conditions, as long as it is in part shade. It can be pruned back aggressively as a shrub, or allowed to sprawl in a more wild form. Unlike cultivated ...

Every June, some gardens are bedecked with the glorious, huge, fluffy pink blooms of big-leaved hydrangea. And some aren’t. “‘Why didn’t my hydrangea bloom?’ is one of the questions we get most often ...

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