Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
Hydrangea macrophylla
Common name
Hydrangea, Bigleaf Hydrangea
Family
Hydrangeaceae
Where found
Cultivated plant, rarely naturalised. Mostly Sydney area, Blue Mountains, and north. Occasionally elsewhere.
Notes
Introduced deciduous shrub to 3 m high. Hairless. Leaves opposite each other, 7.5–19 cm long, 40–130 mm wide, margins toothed. Male and female flowers on the same plant. Flowers with 5 petals, falling when the flowers open, and 4-5 sepals initially 0.5–1 mm long. Male flowers white, blue, purple or pink, the sepals united at the base, enlarging to 10-30 mm long. Bisexual flowers inconspicuous. Flowers in dense clusters. Flowers spring–autumn.
VICFLORA description: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/flora/taxon/0d1fc139-cfd1-4cc0-9686-b903e2d86d73 (accessed 22 February 2021)
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