Check Out This Alternative Hydrangea

HAMMOND, La. – May is when hydrangeas in Louisiana landscapes begin bursting into flower. Part of our Southern landscape heritage, garden hydrangeas, with their pink or blue flowers, have been around the southeastern United States for 250 years since their introduction from Japan.

“We do, though, have other species of hydrangeas that are native that could be an alternative landscape selection,” said LSU AgCenter horticulturist Allen Owings.

Oakleaf hydrangea, scientifically called Hydrangea quercifolia, is indigenous to the southeastern United States. It grows in nature in mixed hardwood forests, along streams and on forested hillsides, usually on calcareous soils.

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