Ruby Slippers Oakleaf Hydrangea Fall Color

Hydrangea quercifolia ruby slippers.

Ruby slippers oakleaf hydrangea fall color.

Ruby slippers is a compact form of oakleaf hydrangea which is a must have for smaller spaces. Learn more about monrovia plants and best practices for best possible plant performance. A compact shrub ruby slippers is a fine choice for small spaces and planting in containers or training into a low hedge. The leaves turn red or purple in the late fall.

The compact form works in smaller landscapes and is useful for mass planting hedges or borders. Ships in a 4 pot. It has 4 to 12 inch oakleaf shaped leaves that are fuzzy when young. Southerners love hydrangeas for their color and ability to withstand our hot humid summers.

Flowers emerge white and progress to pale pink maturing to deep rose. Its lobed oak like leaves change to burgundy as fall appoaches bringing another layer of vibrant color to the landscape. A us national arboretum cross of snow queen and pee wee. Late spring s white blooms shift to summer pink.

Oakleaf hydrangea is a deciduous shrub that may grow to 8 feet. Developed by one of the premier hydrangea hybridizers sandra reed of the u s. If you have a small space want a hedge of hydrangeas or like to grow flower in containers consider the ruby slippers a dwarf oakleaf hydrangea whose bloom color changes from white to pink to dark red. The color show continues into fall when the foliage turns burgundy.

Ruby slippers at just 3 to 4 feet tall and 4 to 5 feet wide this dwarf oakleaf has extra large summer blooms that quickly deepen from white to pink to ruby red. Deeply lobed oak like foliage turns brilliant mahogany in fall. Fall foliage is vibrant mahogany. Ruby slippers cross between oak leaf hydrangea cultivars snow queen and pee wee is a compact form that matures to only 3 4 tall and to 3 5 wide and is noted for its compact size large upright flower panicles ruby red mature flowers hence the cultivar name mahogany red fall foliage color and exfoliating bark.

A pyramidal cluster of white blooms matures in the late spring and summer turning purple with time. Hydrangea ruby slippers common name oakleaf hydrangea try dainty ruby slippers. Monrovia s ruby slippers oakleaf hydrangea details and information. Near 4 feet tall and 3 feet wide.

This bushy shrub grows only 3 4 tall and 4 5 wide and its large decorative leaves can withstand summer sun strong wind and heavy rain. Ruby slippers cross between oak leaf hydrangea cultivars snow queen and pee wee is a compact form that matures to only 3 4 tall and to 3 5 wide and is noted for its compact size large upright flower panicles ruby red mature flowers hence the cultivar name mahogany red fall foliage color and exfoliating bark. National arboretum ruby slippers boasts a multitude of stocky flowers that show up as white and then mature to striking deep rose. Pee wee as its name suggests this hydrangea stays compact.