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Schizophragma hydrangeoides 'Moonlight'

Japanese Hydrangea Vine

Plant Type:

VINES

Schizophragma hydrangeoides ‘Moonlight’ – 'Moonlight' offers beautiful foliage with a pewter-gray patina on all leaves. It flowers with typical white flowers – large, showy and glorious.


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Height:

20 ft

Colors:

White

Zone:

5 to 7(8)
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Characteristics and Attributes for Schizophragma hydrangeoides 'Moonlight'

Season of Interest (Flowering)

  • Late Spring / Summer

Season of Interest (Foliage)

  • Spring / Summer / Autumn

Interesting Bark

  • Exfoliating

Nature Attraction

  • Deer Resistant

Light

  • Morning Sun / Afternoon Shade
  • Mostly Sunny

Attributes

  • Climbing

Growth Rate in the Garden

  • Moderately Fast

Soil

  • Draining
  • Fertile
  • Moist

Origins

  • Japan

Propagated By

  • Cutting Grown

Genus Overview: Schizophragma

Common Name: Japanese Hydrangea Vine

The beautiful Japanese Hydrangea Vine comes in several forms and colors. It is self-clinging holding close and tight to the framework upon which it is allowed to climb or clamor; by comparison the better known Hydrangea anomala subsp. petiolaris, Climbing Hydrangea, climbs over and over itself creating a thick, dense woody framework, up to 3 feet thick - decidedly not flat! The large, flattened 8” to 10” diameter inflorescences decorate the attractive vine in late spring or early summer in zone 5b – later than Climbing Hydrangea blooms. Leaves are finely serrated, obovate and coming to a point, almost heart-shaped. Older rich brown wood does exfoliate. As with the Climbing Hydrangea with which the range of Schizophragma overlaps, it will service your needs better if planted in fertile moisture-retentive soil. Better flowering will occur if planted in more sun. All of the following are offered as cutting grown plants.