Why Plant Snow Queen Oakleaf Hydrangea?
Snow Queen is taking winter by storm with the stunning rich chocolate colored bark left behind in winter, when the blooms and colorful oak-like leaves fade for the season. Let this queen color your landscape with pure white blooms in summer that transition to a delicate dusky pink in fall. The oak leaf-shaped foliage adds to the show when the dark green leaves turn a red and bronze in the fall. This stunner brings royalty home with its sophisticated presence and gala of colors.
Snow Queen is quite literally the queen of the garden, being a choice pick of native hydrangea shrubs. Due to how well this hydrangea fits into a natural landscape, Snow Queen won the Philadelphia Horticultural Society Gold Medal for Garden Merit in 1989.
How to use Snow Queen Oakleaf Hydrangea in the landscape?
Snow Queen Hydrangea is an improved selection of Oakleaf Hydrangea which is native to the moist woods of eastern north America. This form was selected for its pure white flowers held above the foliage, its more compact form and its exceptional fall color. In fall, the foliage of Snow Queen turn to shades of red and purple, a perfect compliment to the bright leaves of the trees and their fantastic fall color. The beautiful conical flower heads come in to full bloom as pure white flower heads and age through different phases of pink. If left on through winter they add great interest to the landscape.
Planting Zones
Hardiness Zone: 5-9
How To Plant Snow Queen Oakleaf Hydrangea
A hardy hydrangea variety, Snow Queen Hydrangea is able to tolerate drier soils, but thrives the best in soils that are moist and well-draining. Be sure that the soil that Snow Queen is planted in is also rich in vital nutrients for the best growth. Pruning is surprisingly not required for this hydrangea as it is very self-sufficient. Fast and easy to grow, you'll be able to enjoy Snow Queen in no time at all.
How To Water
When watering the Snow Queen Oakleaf Hydrangea you’ll want to check if the soil is dry first then, give a thorough watering. Avoid overwatering as the roots won’t take it easy!
How To Fertilize
In the spring, you’ll want to add our Elements Starter Plant Food in granular form for successful blooms.
How To Prune
This particular Oakleaf Hydrangea blooms on old wood, so you should be pruning in the late summer or early fall after flowers have been spent.
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.
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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.
