Hydrangea quercifolia ‘Shannon’               Shannon Double-flowered Oakleaf Hydrangea

 Size: 8’ x 8’

Exposure:  Full Sun to Shade

Flower:  Creamy white panicles in July

 Oh what a find!  Theodore Klein came across this plant in an unknown fashion and placed it in his arboretum, now named Yew Dell Gardens.  There this jewel lay silently until Paul Cappiello saw it while traversing the collections.

 Shannon holds the standard qualities of straight Oakleaf Hydrangeas in regards to the peeling bark and great fall color.  The separation comes with the double flowers mounted on 2’ panicles.  Sizes like you have never seen!  Then, as the flowers fade, they reliably take on a great deep red then brown hue.  Truly gorgeous.