Wild Hydrangea
Hydrangea arborescens

Height: 3-5 ft
Spread: 3-5 ft
Bloom Time: May-July
Sunlight: Part Shade to Shade
Soil Moisture: Medium, Dry, Very Dry

The flattish white blooms of Wild Hydrangea consist of many small flowers and sometimes host a few showy white panicles. This 3 to 5 foot shrub has an airy form and thrives in seemingly inhospitable shaded conditions in the wild, including dry banks, cliffs, outcrops, and rocky woods. Cavity nesting bees use the pithy stems of previous years' growth, the queens forming compartments to lay their eggs. These eggs hatch into larvae that remain in the stem through winter, emerging the next spring. Also called Sevenbark for the way its older bark exfoliates.