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