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Hydrangeaceae
Japanese Hydrangea Vine
Schizophragma hydrangeoides
Graceful ascent and modest elegance.
- Family
- Hydrangeaceae
- Genus
- Schizophragma
- Native to
- Japan, Korea
- Bloom season
- Summer
- Type
- deciduous climbing vine
- Height
- 6–12 m
- Sunlight
- part shade
- Soil
- moist, humus-rich, well-drained
- Water
- medium
- Hardiness
- 5–8
- Lifespan
- long-lived perennial vine
Did you know
- Unlike true climbing hydrangea, Schizophragma has single heart-shaped sepals rather than four-petaled bracts around each flower cluster.
- The cultivar 'Moonlight' has silvery-blue leaves with dark veins, providing ornamental value even when not in bloom.
- It attaches to surfaces with adhesive aerial rootlets and can eventually cover an entire stone wall.
- In Japanese forests it spirals up tall camphor and cryptomeria trees, blooming high in the canopy.
- Its dried flower heads persist through winter, adding architectural interest to the garden in the cold months.
Color meanings
White
purity of intention
Cream
understated beauty
Pink
gentle admiration