Hydrangea x 'Preziosa' prophouse-fall-2026 that carries some of the

that carries some of the longest flower panicles of any oakleaf

happy in full sun to part shade and any soil that drains

An older common name

The fruit is also genuinely seedy

forgiving perennial subshrub

Hydrangea x 'Preziosa' prophouse-fall-2026 that carries some of the'Preziosa' is a small, jewel like hydrangea with a tangled pedigree and an unusual gift. Raised in Germany from the nursery tradition of Georg Arends and introduced around 1961, the shrub is a hybrid of Hydrangea serrata and Hydrangea macrophylla, and catalogs list the plant under all three names depending on which parent they favor. Whatever the label, 'Preziosa' behaves like a compact mophead, three to four feet high and wide, built for a smaller