species
Schizophragma hydrangeoides
Japanese hydrangea vine
Scale drawing from this record, beside a 1.7 m figure.
Schizophragma hydrangeoides belongs to the family Hydrangeaceae, also known as Japanese hydrangea vine, introduced to the UK. It reaches 10 m tall and 60 cm across in about 10 years. It grows in part shade or shade, on loam or peat soil, where the ground is acid or neutral and in moist conditions, and suits sheltered positions. It flowers in July. Its RHS hardiness rating is H6 (hardy, very cold winter): −20 to −15°C.
Assembled from the attributes recorded below.
What this plant needs
- Size at maturity
- 10 m tall × 60 cm across, after about 10 years
- Hardiness
- H6 (RHS)
- Aspect
- Part shade, Shade
- Soil
- Loam, Peat
- Acidity
- Acid, Neutral
- Moisture
- Moist
- Exposure
- Sheltered
- In the UK
- Introduced
When it flowers
- Jan
- Feb
- Mar
- Apr
- May
- Jun
- Jul
- Aug
- Sep
- Oct
- Nov
- Dec
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