Hydrangea quercifolia 'Snowflake' Landscaper Favorite This evergreen Old World fern

This evergreen Old World fern has dark leathery leaflets suggesting holly leaves

who introduced the plant to the trade here after obtaining stock from the famous Hillier Nurseries in England

well-kept mound even out of bloom

Native to South America

Hydrangea quercifolia 'Snowflake' Landscaper Favorite This evergreen Old World fernThe oakleaf hydrangea is the great four season native shrub of the American Southeast, a large deciduous plant with oak like leaves, white summer panicles, and peeling cinnamon bark. Hydrangea quercifolia grows wild in the rich woods of a small range centered on Alabama, where the naturalist William Bartram admired the shrub in the 1770s, and where the oakleaf now serves as the state wildflower. 'Snowflake' is one of our favorites, and one of the most