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Hardiness: USDA Zone 5a: to -28.8 °C (-20 °F) USDA Zone 5b: to -26.1 °C (-15 °F) USDA Zone 6a: to -23.3 °C (-10 °F) USDA Zone 6b: to -20.5 °C (-5 °F) USDA Zone 7a: to -17.7 °C (0 °F) USDA Zone 7b: to -14.9 °C (5 °F) USDA Zone 8a: to -12.2 °C (10 °F) USDA Zone 8b: to -9.4 °C (15 °F) USDA Zone 9a: to -6.6 °C (20 °F)
Sun Exposure: Sun to Partial Shade
Danger: Parts of plant are poisonous if ingested
Bloom Color: White/Near White
Bloom Time: Late Spring/Early Summer Mid Summer
Foliage: Deciduous
Other details: Requires consistently moist soil; do not let dry out between waterings
Soil pH requirements: 5.1 to 5.5 (strongly acidic) 5.6 to 6.0 (acidic)
Propagation Methods: From softwood cuttings From semi-hardwood cuttings From hardwood cuttings From seed; sow indoors before last frost By serpentine layering
Seed Collecting: Allow pods to dry on plant; break open to collect seeds N/A: plant does not set seed, flowers are sterile, or plants will not come true from seed
On Sep 13, 2008, gardenlady123 from Plainwell, MI (Zone 5b) wrote:
This is my absolute favorite shrub!!!! It is beautiful all summer long. In the late summer it turns a georgeous brilliant dried looking pink. I will never get rid of this shrub. Im not going to cut it back either I want a bigger shrub. Nice foliage also.
The first picture here, with the double flowers, is a picture of 'Snowflake', not 'Snow Queen'. While both are beautiful, 'Snow Queen' has single flowers.
On Apr 2, 2008, selinaoz from Mooresville, NC wrote:
This was planted from a cutting from the previous owners bush. It is going on the third spring and it is having a hard time I think. It has produced only eight blooms at most. It has only about four seperate stocks and I don't know if it is in the wrongspot. It is planted on a slope in clay and compost soil on the north west side of the house. I have put manure on it and have watered it but I am sure it probably runs off down the hill. I have mulched it and put rocks also in the soil to hold moisture. It has very slow growth but has improved from a little stick. Should I risk moving it? I would love to have it bigger but almost giving up.
On Jun 26, 2005, StarGazey26 from (Zone 10a) wrote:
I love this plant, i just bought it, it was in a one gallon, i took out my night blooming jasmine plant and a brugmansia, i needed a quick, smaller plant, for this area.. I picked the oak leaf hydrangea, because of the fact that it will have great color, and not get as big as the plants i had where the oak leaf is now.. I cant wait for it to get a little bigger, i know it will be a great plant. I love the leaf, although no oak tree has that big of leaf! LOL.. But this is a good choice, i love it..
On Oct 27, 2004, lmelling from Ithaca, NY (Zone 5b) wrote:
I purchased a SnowQueen oakleaf hydrangea in bloom several years ago at a local nursery. Since that time I have not been able to get it to bloom. It is planted next to our house in a sheltered location where it gets sun (when it's out - this is Ithaca, folks!) except hot afternoons. The soil is clay, but well drained, being near the foundation.
I'm not sure why it hasn't bloomed, it appears healthy. At least it puts on a nice show in fall!
Information about this plant relates that the flowers should be 6-8" long, held upright, and should not bend or arch. They should turn pink as they mature. This is a more compact grower, possibly 6' high at maturity, slower growing than some. Prof. Dirr observes no damage at -22 degrees F. A Princeton Nursery introduction.
Regional...
This plant has been said to grow in the following regions:
Lompoc, California San Jose, California Lake City, Florida Port Orange, Florida Woodstock, Georgia Dixon, Illinois Calvert City, Kentucky Louisville, Kentucky North Billerica, Massachusetts Wayland, Massachusetts Plainwell, Michigan Mendenhall, Mississippi Ithaca, New York Chapel Hill, North Carolina Mooresville, North Carolina Raleigh, North Carolina Springboro, Ohio Yukon, Oklahoma Charleston, South Carolina Spartanburg, South Carolina Bean Station, Tennessee Memphis, Tennessee Austin, Texas Nacogdoches, Texas New Waverly, Texas Arlington, Virginia Lexington, Virginia Port Orchard, Washington
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