SUPER SHOWY BLOOMS IN ENORMOUS FASHION
FEATURES:
- Tall 10" panicle flower heads emerge vanilla white in the summer and mature strawberry pink blooms by fall
- The bright green foliage accents the dense color-changing flowers and makes for a beautiful cut flower arrangement or a long-blooming hedge
- Lofty-sized hydrangea bush for a magnificent presence in your landscape
- Easy to grow, with an extended blooming season
- Hand Selected, Fresh from the Grower
- Ships on our trucks because of the size of the tree - does not fit in a box
Growth Facts
- Hardiness Zone: 4-8
- Mature Height: 6-7' tall
- Mature Width: 4-5' wide
- Exposure: Full Sun/Part Shade
- Spacing: 5-7' apart
SUPER SHOWY BLOOMS IN ENORMOUS FASHION
FEATURES:
- Tall 10" panicle flower heads emerge vanilla white in the summer and mature strawberry pink blooms by fall
- The bright green foliage accents the dense color-changing flowers and makes for a beautiful cut flower arrangement or a long-blooming hedge
- Lofty-sized hydrangea bush for a magnificent presence in your landscape
- Easy to grow, with an extended blooming season
- Hand Selected, Fresh from the Grower
- Ships on our trucks because of the size of the tree - does not fit in a box
Growth Facts
- Hardiness Zone: 4-8
- Mature Height: 6-7' tall
- Mature Width: 4-5' wide
- Exposure: Full Sun/Part Shade
- Spacing: 5-7' apart
Why plant Vanilla Strawberry™ Hydrangea Tree Form?
A patio plant that looks good enough to eat! Our Vanilla Strawberry™ Hydrangea is a sweet tree that’s big on charm. It’s perfect for your entryway garden, foundation plantings, or anywhere you need a pop of luscious, late-season color. From mid summer through fall, this incredible Hydrangea will serve up generous helpings of creamy white blossoms that change from white to bubble gum–pink and eventually to a rosy strawberry–pink. New blooms continue to form throughout the season, creating an enchanting multicolored effect. You may think such a showboat would be a diva, but Vanilla Strawberry™ is easy to please, and even novice gardeners will succeed with it.
Hydrangeas are hot! Hydrangeas have always been popular, but recently they've become must-have plants. Breeders in the U. S. and Europe have been creating countless new varieties to tempt us, each one more enticing than the last. These aren't your grandmother’s Hydrangeas! Vanilla Strawberry™ is a selection of Panicle Hydrangea, a species native to Japan, China, and Taiwan. It was developed at a French family nursery as part of a Hydrangea breeding program that took many years of patient work. The nurserymen who created it began making their crosses in 1987, and finally saw success in 2002. Vanilla Strawberry™ was patented in the U. S. In 2007. Vanilla Strawberry™ Hydrangea beat out many other exciting new plants to take the prestigious honor of “Top Plant” from the American Nursery and Landscape Association in 2010. Bravo!
How to use Vanilla Strawberry™ Hydrangea Tree Form in the landscape?
The amazing blooms make this a great specimen plant or as a meandering hedge along your property border. Plant one on either side of your front entrance, place along your patio or along the length of your driveway. You can't go wrong with this plant!
Planting Zones
Hardiness Zone: 4-8
How To Plant Vanilla Strawberry™ Hydrangea Tree Form
Simple to grow, just give it a fair amount of sun, some average well drained soil and let it flower abundantly!
How To Water
Water your Hydrangea weekly for the first six months of receiving it. After your plant has become established, you can rely on rainfall to nourish your Vanilla Strawberry™.
How To Fertilize
Feed your plant with Elements Starter Plant Food every spring for an helpful boost for the growing season.
How To Prune
Pruning is the secret to having a great show of flowers each year. On the nursery we prune three times a season and then allow them to flower freely in July and August. Prune 1 is pre-spring: We do this while the Tree is still dormant and we prune back the overall Tree by about 50% and we remove older branches where needed. This is the most important prune and will keep your Hydrangea Tree well behaved and with a good strong structure to hold the weight of the large blooms to come. Prune 2 and 3: This is a simple shearing that again will keep the fast growing branches shorter in length until bloom. This first shearing is generally around Mother's Day and then we shear one more time around mid-June. This does delay flowering a bit but we prefer a strong tightly sheared Tree for flower support. These shears are preference only and are not required for success. After shearing, numerous flowers will appear and begin to expand - leading to a fantastic and extended flowering time from July through the Fall. Your first prune must be a hard prune for best results and have no fear - the Hydrangea Tree welcomes this prune and will respond well each year.
How Does Shipping Work?
Bower & Branch Trees, the real BIG trees, don’t fit in a box! Our big trees, sizes XL and bigger, require expert delivery and care, that means our extra-large trees are shipped on Bower & Branch trucks. We are the only ones who know how to ship our big and bigger trees and plants with tender loving care. We deliver your trees and plants directly to you. Ask Bower & Branch about planting services – we'd be happy to assist in installation.
*For Big trees and Shrubs, Size XL and bigger: Review our Seasonal Shipping Timelines and Policy here.
Your trees and plants are grown across the United States at various Bower & Branch Growers. Depending on your location, your plant orders may be shipped from various locations. Please expect orders with multiple items to be delivered over a number of days as a result. Orders made up of numerous items or selections will not arrive at your home on the same day.
Shipping Delays:
From time to time, Bower & Branch Growers may determine to delay order shipment based on various factors for plant health. Weather in your region, as well as, where your plants are grown, is always considered when shipping. Extreme weather conditions may delay some or all of your order. Bower & Branch allows our Growers to make final shipping decisions based solely to benefit your trees and plants’ health and success.
How Does Sizing Work?
The size of our trees have nothing to do with the container size like you may find elsewhere–big doesn't mean just height - it’s also vigor, age, and overall health. Other online retailers are going to tell you that a plant is a seven gallon, that means nothing to your tree or plant (or you.)
Our trees for sale online are graded on large, x-large, and even bigger sizes. This is because our trees are sized by their age—the higher the letter, the more mature the tree. The age determines the trees’ overall height, size of the trunk and the overall branch density.
All of these characteristics are what you should be looking for when choosing a tree for immediate impact and instant curb appeal. Our extra-large tree and plant sizes are sure to wow you and your neighbors!
See the size guides below.
Our Guarantees
3-YEAR-TREE GUARANTEE:
Bower & Branch offers a Three-Year Tree Guarantee on all of our trees, sizes X-Large and up. Only the finest and the most experienced growers are awarded the opportunity to grow for Bower & Branch, so we offer the best guarantee available.
If your tree(s) should fail for any reason during the three-year guarantee period, you will receive an online gift card in the amount that you originally spent on the tree.* You can then use this online gift card for any Bower & Branch Purchase.
* Bower & Branch provides online gift cards in the amount of the original purchase price of the tree(s). The amount does not include any additional costs such as delivery, planting, tax, or any other products or services. Online gift cards can be applied towards any Bower & Branch purchase on BowerandBranch.com and have no expiration dates. Bower & Branch does not guarantee tree replacement or availability of any desired product at any time. Cash refunds are not offered. Bower & Branch requires that all original tags and receipts are present when a guarantee request is initiated. The Bower & Branch Three-Year Guarantee only applies to plant material that has been planted in the ground. Container plantings are NOT covered.
At Bower & Branch, we do our best to honor all guarantee fulfillment requests to ensure customer satisfaction. However, we reserve the right to refuse the request if the required guarantee steps were not satisfied. Bower & Branch also reserves the right to deny any guarantee fulfillment request that is made as a result of animal damage, problems with plant hardiness and zone issues, or acts of nature (snow storms, hurricanes, and similar).
Reach out to a Plant Whisperer with any questions:
- Email: plantwhisperers@bowerandbranch.com
- Phone: 866-873-3888
- Or via Online Chat