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Pileostegia viburnoides
Hydrangeaceae

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Ultimate Height: 8m
Ultimate Spread: 1.5m
Time to ultimate height: 10-20 year(s)
Partial/dappled shade Full Shade Full Sun
Moist but well-drained Well-drained
H4 (hardy)
Preferred common name: climbing hydrangea

Pileostegia are evergreen shrubs, climbing by aerial roots, with paired leaves and panicles of small white flowers.

P. viburnoides is a large, self-clinging, slow-growing climber with leathery, narrowly elliptic leaves to 15cm in length. Dense terminal panicles of small, creamy-white flowers.

Cultivation
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Pruning
Pruning group 11 in early spring.
Pileostegia viburnoides © The Royal Horticultural Society 2002 RHS Herbarium
Pests
Generally pest free.

Diseases
Generally disease free.

Soil
Acid, Alkaline or Neutral.
Moist but well-drained or well-drained.
Chalk, Clay, Loam or Sand.

Aspect
All aspects.
Exposed or Sheltered.

Propagation
Propagate by layering or semi-hardwood cuttings.

Flowers: White in Summer and Autumn.
Evergreen/Deciduous: Evergreen.
Suggested Plant Uses:   Wall-side Borders.

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