Schizophragma hydrangeoides var.concolor 'Moonlight'
(Japanese Hydrangea Vine 'Moonlight')
Family - Hydrangeaceae
Category - Climber
Season of Interest - Spring, Summer, Autumn
Hardiness - H5
Height - 12m
Location - The Topiary Meadow
Description: A Deciduous, woody climber that will cling to a supporting structure using aerial roots. Cordate to ovate leaves are silvery-white with dark green venation and coarsely toothed margins. Creamy white, lacecap-like flowers are composed of a central group of fertile florets surrounded by a ring of larger, showy, Bract-like florets. The flowers are produced in midsummer.
Award of Garden Merit (AGM).
Located on the exterior wall near the entrance of the walled garden.
Flower:
Flattened cymes have a lacecap-like appearance. The flower heads are composed of a central group of small, round, greenish-white fertile florets surrounded by a ring of large, creamy white bract-like florets. The flowers are produced in July.
Flower colour: White
Flower shape: Cymes
Flowering time: July
Foliage:
Cordate to ovate leaves with pointed tips are silvery white with dark green venation and Dentate margins. The leaves are held in opposite pairs up the climbing stems.
Foliage Senescence: Deciduous
Foliage Shape: Cordate to ovate
Propagation:
Cuttings.
Cultivation:
Best in partial shade to shade in fertile, moisture retentive soil that is well drained.