(Komachi Hydrangea, Sawtooth Hydrangea, Tea-of-Heaven)

Mountain hydrangea is a more cold hardy and compact form of this summer blooming garden favorite. The cultivar 'Komanchi' is a deciduous flowering shrub with green, toothed leaves and a rounded, bushy habit. A native of the mountains of Korea and Japan, this unique plant is not soil pH sensitive so reliably produces large, light blue, flower clusters in mid to late summer. Each floret is fully double and they are arranged in a rounded, mophead shape.

These hydrangeas prefer moist, well drained,...

(Sawtooth Hydrangea)

The double, starry, pink or lavender-blue lacecap blooms of 'Shichidanka' shine in the garden from midsummer to fall. A compact habit and pretty orange fall foliage are two more of its winning attributes.

This hardy deciduous flowering shrub has a rounded bushy habit, coarse dark green toothed leaves. Its big clusters have small fertile flowers towards their centers and showy sterile flowers along the edges. Flower color is usually pH dependent, acid soils encourage bluer flowers and alkaline...

(Sawtooth Hydrangea, Shirotae Sawtooth Hydrangea)

A native of the mountains of Korea and Japan, mountain hydrangea is a deciduous flowering shrub with a rounded, bushy habit and coarse green toothed leaves. This summer blooming hydrangea shares a lot of similarities with the popular bigleaf hydrangea ( Hydrangea macrophylla), but it is more cold hardy, more compact and has smaller leaves.

Big clusters of flowers appear from mid to late- summer. These typically have small fertile flowers towards their centers and showy sterile flowers...

(Sawtooth Hydrangea)

The graceful pink or lavender-blue lacecap-type flower clusters of 'Shishiva' glimmer in the garden from midsummer to fall. Floriferousness and a compact habit are two more of its pleasing attributes.

This hardy deciduous flowering shrub has a rounded bushy habit and flat dark green leaves with toothed edges. Its big clusters have small fertile flowers towards their centers and large, showy sterile flowers along the edges. Flower color is usually pH dependent, acid soils encourage bluer flowers...

(Sawtooth Hydrangea)

The lilac pink or blue lacecap-type flower clusters of 'Spreading Beauty' glimmer in the garden from midsummer to fall. Its other pleasing attributes include a compact, spreading habit and fine red fall color.

This hardy deciduous flowering shrub has a spreading bushy habit, and dark reddish green leaves with toothed edges. Its big clusters have small fertile flowers towards their centers and large, showy sterile flowers along the edges. Flower color is usually pH dependent, acid soils encourage...

(Sawtooth Hydrangea)

The iridescent pink or purple-blue lacecap-type flower clusters of 'Woodlander' shine in the garden from summer to fall. Its other pleasing attributes include a vigorous rounded habit and purple-hued leaves.

This hardy deciduous flowering shrub has a spreading bushy habit and purplish dark green leaves with toothed edges. Its big clusters have small fertile flowers towards their centers and large, showy sterile flowers along the edges. Flower color is usually pH dependent, acid soils encourage...

(Manyflower Marsh Pennywort, Pennywort)

Low and sprawling, manyflower marsh pennywort has fleshy, round green leaves and summertime clusters of tiny white starry flowers in rounded clusters. An herbaceous perennial native to the eastern United States and in parts of southern California, it spreads its prostrate stems across wet soil or floating upon water. In parts of the eastern United States this native wetland wildflower is endangered because of habitat destruction.

The round leaves are about the size of a ping-pong ball, flat,...

(Gemo St. Johns Wort, St. John's Wort, St. Johnswort)

The willow-like leaves of ‘Gemo’ are topped with many showy clusters of small, yellow flowers from summer to fall. Regarded as having one of the longest flowering seasons of all Hypericum cultivars, this shrubby hybrid is evergreen in milder climates, becoming progressively more deciduous in areas with colder winters.

Unlike many other St. John worts, 'Gemo' has finer, narrow leaves that are medium to dark green with a satiny sheen. Beginning in early summer, numerous small flowers...

(St. John's Wort, St. Johnswort)

With handsome green foliage with lighter green undersides, tutsan is especially pretty when the yellow summertime flowers develop into berry-like fruits that change from red to purple to black as they ripen. Native from western Europe eastward to northern Iran, this semi-evergreen shrub is bushy and mounding in form with many upright branches.

The leaves are a pleasant green, each blade held in opposite pairs on the branches. Leaves are oblong and have a lighter green underside. In summer, branch...

(Albury Purple St. John's Wort, St. John's Wort, St. Johnswort)

With handsome purplish green foliage with lighter green undersides, Albury Purple tutsan is especially pretty when the yellow summertime flowers develop into berry-like fruits that change from red to purple to black as they ripen. Native from western Europe eastward to northern Iran, this semi-evergreen shrub is bushy and mounding in form with many upright branches.

The new leaves emerge purplish burgundy and mature with more green tones, each blade held in opposite pairs on the branches. Leaves...