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Kentucky
Ashy Hydrangea
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Ashy Hydrangea

Hydrangea cinerea

It grows wild in 6 of Kentucky’s 120 counties.

Light
Full shade to full sun
Soil
Dry to moist soil
Size
4 ft to 6 ft tall, 2 ft wide
Flowers
White
Leaves
Deciduous
Roots
Woody roots
Kind
Shrub
Add to a bedPlan it in a pot

At its grown size

Ashy Hydrangea, drawn in a bed

in flowerfall colorbare for winter

What it feeds

Caterpillars
10 kinds of caterpillars
Bees
17 kinds of native bees
On its flowers
Sweat bee (Lasioglossum coeruleum), Blood bee (Sphecodes mandibularis), Mining bee (Andrena frigida), Leafcutter bee (Megachile apicalis)

Grows well with

Heartleaf Aster2.5 ft tallNew England Aster4 ft tallSweet Goldenrod4 ft tallWrinkle-leaf Goldenrod4 ft tallCalico Aster3 ft tallSwamp Azalea5 ft tallFragrant Sumac4 ft tallNew Jersey Tea2.5 ft tall

Facts from the Quercus record for Hydrangea cinerea.