Vanilla Strawberry Hydrangea – 1 Gallon Pot

Growing in an upright rounded form 6 to 7 feet tall and 4 to 5 feet wide, Vanilla Strawberry makes an impressive shrub or tree form specimen all on its own. That said, groupings and hedges of this cultivar are even more spectacular. Also a nice addition to mixed flowering shrub borders, as an accent in home foundation plantings, as a background in perennial gardens, and in large pots, planters or other containers of 18 inches or more in diameter. A fine addition to Hydrangea gardens, pink or red theme gardens, cut flower gardens, and cottage gardens.

Suggested Spacing:  4 feet apart for solid hedges; 8 feet or more apart for space between plants

Vanilla Strawberry Hydrangea is exceptionally easy to grow when planted right and in the right spot.  Almost any moist but well-drained soil of average fertility will do. Vanilla Strawberry can take the heat at our location here in north-central Georgia, but it also withstands even the coldest winter temperatures as far north as USDA Zone 3a, where it will also tolerate full, all day sun. In the South, zones 7 and below, it will tolerate full sun, but we’ve seen it perform and look its best with some filtered sun or dappled shade during the hottest hours of summer afternoons. We suggest at least 5 hours of direct sunlight per day or all day lightly filtered sun for best flowering. Too much shade and plants become floppy with diminished flowering.