Blooms from May to August with small creamy white flowers. Male and female flowers are borne in separate clusters in great abundance. In late summer, clouds of cotton seed plumes replace the clusters of female flowers. Sun to semi-shade. Our native climbing hydrangea produces beautiful, honey-scented blooms in late spring.
Foliage is a nice shiny dark green turning a clear, soft yellow in fall.
Full shade to full sun. Plants have been cut back to a few 4-6 inches to make them multiple stemmed at the moment. A vigorous vine with blue-green leaves and clusters of bright orange tubular flowers followed by clusters of orange berries in the fall. Sun to semi-shade in well drained soil. As ground cover.