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HYDRANGEA
SERRATA
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'Woodlanders' from the well-known Aiken, South Carolina nursery is a remarkable look for refined lavender and light bluish-purple shades as these soil conditions created. One does not need basketball-sized heads of sterile bracts to have a beautiful hydrangea. In fact, I'm more than ill from all that excessive morphology and bad taste found in H. macrophylla. This clone gets it just right for my senses. If you like your hydrangeas on the more subtle, tasteful, and lacy side, this is a wonderul choice.

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[Wilson 7820] from the "Chinese" Ernest himself has taken far too long to become known. As far as we known this plant at the Raulston Arboretum (and other good collections) is not named yet. The soft pink inflorescences (in suitable pH) have a good balance of sterile and fertile flowers. The readily available cultivar 'Miranda' appears to be similar and would give one a similar effect but apparently with a larger, fuller head.

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Hydrangea serrata f. acuminata = 'Intermedia'

Hydrangea serrata 'Amagi-amacha'

ht: 3 ft. tall x 4 ft. wide
fc: white
ft: lacecap
or: Japan

Hydrangea serrata 'Beni-gaku'

ht: 4 ft. tall x 4 ft. wide
fc: white, aging to stunning pink and dark red shades
ft: lacecap
or: Japan, probably dating to the 1500's

Hydrangea serrata 'Bluebird'

ht: 5 ft. - taller and more vigorous
la: acuminate
fc: blue, sometimes grown as a pale pink, tinged red with age
infl: dome-shaped
bt: earlier than some clones
aw: RHS AM 1960, AGM 1969

Hydrangea serrata 'Blue Billow'

ht: 4 ft. tall x 6 ft. wide
ha: spreading, forming a large billowing mound in time
fc: bright medium blue, a very glowing shade
ft: lacecap
eval: probably the most showy of all blue lacecap clones in the genus. A very
eval: stunning plant when mature.

Hydrangea serrata 'Blue Deckle'

ht: 5 ft. tall x 5 ft. wide
fc: light blue
ft: lacecap, frilled
or: Michael Haworth-Booth hybrid

Hydrangea serrata 'Coerulea Lace'

fc: light blue
ns: a doubtful name.

Hydrangea serrata 'Diadem'

ht: 3-4 ft. tall - shorter than most modern clones
fc: medium blue, fading purplish to lilac shades
ft: sterile flowers serrate in the margins
lc: new growth red to purplish, sometimes showy in masses
eval: a stunning plant but today some consider 'Tiara' to be superior
aw: RHS AM 1963

Hydrangea serrata f. prolifera 'Fuji Waterfall'

ht: 3 ft.
ha: compact
fc: white
ft: sepals double
infl: 6 in. wide, cascading in a waterfall or chandelier-like effect

Hydrangea serrata 'Golden Sunlight'

lc: yellow new growth becomes light green
fc: dark pink with paler pink to white margins
in: Pride of Place Plants. c. 2000

Hydrangea serrata 'Grayswood'

ht: 6 ft. tall x 6 ft. wide - larger than most clones
lc: dull yellowish-green, sometimes margined red to bronze
fc: white fading to pink and dark red shades, redder in sun
ft: lacecap, averaging 9 sterile and 4 fertile flowers per corymb. Sepals are
ft: distinctly serrate
aw: RHS AM 1963

Hydrangea serrata 'Intermedia' (f. acuminata)

ht: 4-5 ft.
st: sometimes red tinged, semi-showy
ls: convex
lc: new growth often reddish or red-veined, showy
fc: pink fertile flowers, sterile ones white aging to dark red
ft: 3-4 sterile flowers per inflor.

Hydrangea serrata 'Imperatrice Eugenie'

ns: this name is usually considered a synonym of 'Rosalba' but it is probably
ns: best considered a resemblant clone

Hydrangea serrata 'Kiyosumi' ('Koyosumi'?)

ht: 3 ft. tall x 3 ft. wide - shorter than most
lc: new growth reddish veined bright green, often very showy
fc: white, fading to nice reddish margins
or: Yasaka Hayasha found on Mt. Kiyosumi, Japan

Hydrangea serrata f. prolifera 'Komachi'

ht: 3 ft. tall x 4 ft. wide
fc: pink
ft: double, lacecap
or: Japan

Hydrangea serrata 'Kurohime'

ht: 4-5 ft. tall
fc: bright rich blue, sometimes grown as pinkish-lilac by pH control
dr: leafspot resistant
eval: similar to 'Blue Billow' when grown as a blue

Hydrangea serrata 'Macrosepala'

ft: large sepals
ns: this entity is close to 'Rosalba' and could be 'Beni-gaku'

Hydrangea serrata 'Maiko'

ht: 3 ft. tall x 3 ft. wide - shorter than most
fc: mauve sterile flowers, lavender-purple fertile ones
fq: highly floriferous
ft: intermediate between lacecap and Hortensia-style

Hydrangea serrata f. prolifera 'Midoriboshi-temari'

ht: 4 ft. tall x 4 ft. wide
fc: white tinged pink and green, giving many interesting colors
bt: mophead, double star-like sepals, long pedicles give a unique effect

Hydrangea serrata 'Miranda'

ht: 4 ft. tall
fc: rose-lilac buds open light pink to light pink
ft: lacecap, dome-shaped
or: M. Haworth-Booth seedling selection

Hydrangea serrata f. prolifera 'Miyama-yae-murasaki'

ht: 3 ft. tall x 3 ft. wide
lc: brighter green, a very pleasant shade
fc: mauve to violet-pink
ft: double sepals, lacecap
or: Takeshi Seto found in Miyama near Kyoto, Japan 1950

Hydrangea serrata f. prolifera 'Pretty Maiden'

ht: 3-4 ft. tall x 4-5 ft. wide
ha: compact
fc: pink
ft: sepals double, resembling a miniature waterlily or double Impatiens
or: Japan
in: Itsaul Plants GA USA to US trade c. 2000

Hydrangea 'Preziosa' (H. serrata x H. macrophylla Hortensia Group)

ht: 5 ft. tall x 5 ft. wide - larger than most
st: purplish to reddish-brown, often very showy in winter
lc: new growth purplish, semi-showy at times
afc: sometimes reddish, showy
fc: creamy-white, fading to pink reddish-purple tints
ft: mophead, globose
fd: smaller than what we grow as Hortensias today but a nice size
ns: it is not a pure H. serrata and should be named as cultivar of the species
or: G. Arends, Germany as hybrid of this species and an unnamed Hortensia
in: Arends c. 1961
aw: RHS AM 1963, FCC 1964, SGM 1973

Hydrangea serrata f. prolifera (Reg.) Wilson

ft: double or proliferated fertile flowers
or: Japan, probably dating many centuries back
ns: Wilson used this to group the various double-flowered forms known in
ns: Japan. We are applying this name to certain clones above and below.

Hydrangea serrata 'Rosalba'

ht: 4 ft.
lc: dull yellowish-green
fc: white fading to red marks or tints
ft: 6-7 sterile flowers, sepals slightly serrate
aw: RHS AM 1939
ns: some speculate this is ordinary 'Beni-gaku' of Japan. Bean says it
ns: resembles 'Benikaku' which is apparently the same clone.
in: VanHoutte to European trade

Hydrangea serrata f. prolifera 'Shichidanka'

ht: 3 ft. tall x 3 ft. wide
fc: lavender to dark pink
ft: double

Hydrangea serrata f. prolifera 'Shiroae'

ht: 3 ft. tall x 3 ft. wide
fc: pure white
ft: double sepals

Hydrangea serrata var. stellata = f. prolifera

ns: this name reflects the star-like quality of the doubled sepals.

Hydrangea serrata 'Tiara'

ht: 4 ft. tall x 4 ft. wide
fc: blue becoming mauve (as usually seen)
ft: intermediate between lacecap and mophead

Hydrangea serrata 'Woodlanders'

ll: smaller than species typical
or: Chollipo Arboretum, Korea
in: Woodlanders Nursery SC to US trade c. 1999