Plant
- Small to medium shrub
- Deciduous
- Species vary in character
Twig
- Opposite leaf arrangement
Leaf
- Vary by species
- 2-8" long
- Simple, toothed
- Most taper to abrupt point
- Oak leaf hydrangea with deep lobes resembling oak
Flower
- Clusters made up of center fertile and outer sterile flowers
- Outer sterile flowers have large, showy bracts
- Creamy white, pink, blue (varies by species and cultivar)