Pee Wee Dwarf Oakleaf Hydrangea – 2 Gallon Pot

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The Pee Wee Oakleaf Hydrangea provides the same four-season appeal and lavish flower production as its larger growing cousins but in less than half the space! The large, elongated panicles of white flowers, which mature to pale pink, are slightly smaller on this dwarf selection, however are produced in the same abundance as larger varieties. The bold oak-shaped deep green leaves turn magnificent shades of burgundy in fall, holding on the plant well into winter. The dried flowerheads and the peeling cinnamon color bark add interest in the garden during the winter months.

Growing in a mound to about 4 feet tall and 6 feet wide, the Pee Wee Oakleaf Hydrangea is ideal for use as an accent or specimen, in small to large groupings, or as a natural hedge in landscape and flowering shrub and woodland borders. Its smaller size makes it perfect for use as an accent in smaller garden spaces and home foundation plantings and in pots, planters and other containers of 14 inches or more in rim diameter. A fine selection for Hydrangea gardens, white theme gardens, cottage gardens and partially shaded woodland gardens.

Suggested Spacing:  4 to 5 feet apart for hedge;  10 feet or more apart or more for space between plants

Pee Wee Oakleaf Hydrangea is very easy to grow in most any moist but well-drained, soil with average fertility and full sun to part shade in northern zones where it will grow and shade to part shade (morning sun with afternoon shade or filtered sun) in southern zones. It prefers a soil rich in organic matter. For best flowering, we suggest 6 hours of direct sun light per day. As with so many other ornamental plants, a constantly soggy or wet soil is problematic. Highly resistant to pests and diseases.

Note:  Pee Wee is a Hydrangea quercifolia (oakleaf) species that produces its flowers from buds that formed on “old wood” (during the previous year). Oakleaf hydrangeas typically require little to no pruning. They are best left alone. That said they can be pruned to remove a stray branch or to reduce size.