Plant: Gatsby Glow Ball® Oakleaf Hydrangea
Hydrangea · Hydrangea quercifolia 'NCHQ1'
Size: 3 gal
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More about this plant
Gatsby Glow Ball is a compact oakleaf hydrangea, 3 to 4 feet tall and wide, with large ball-shaped white-green flower clusters that age to lime green in summer. The oversized oak-shaped leaves turn burgundy and red in fall and the bark exfoliates in winter. It grows in part sun to full sun in moist, well-drained soil, attracts bees and butterflies, and suits low hedges, woodland edges, mixed beds and containers.
- Part Shade
- Grows to 8 ft tall and 8 ft wide
- Blooms in summer
- Hardy in USDA zones 5-9
- Deciduous foliage
Plant description
Gatsby Glow Ball is a compact oakleaf hydrangea, 3 to 4 feet tall and wide, with large ball-shaped white-green flower clusters that age to lime green in summer. The oversized oak-shaped leaves turn burgundy and red in fall and the bark exfoliates in winter. It grows in part sun to full sun in moist, well-drained soil, attracts bees and butterflies, and suits low hedges, woodland edges, mixed beds and containers.
- Flowers
- Large ball-shaped clusters of bright white tinted green that mature to lime green, pinking in cool weather, in summer.
- Foliage
- Oversized, oak-shaped lobed green leaves that turn burgundy and red in fall.
- Fruit
- Small brown capsules in fall; not a main feature.
- Bark & stems
- Light brown and orange bark that exfoliates in papery layers, showing cinnamon inner bark on older stems.
- Pruning
- Blooms on old wood, so prune, if needed, right after flowering; prune winter-damaged stems in early spring.
- Native range
- Southeastern USA
