Hydrangeaceae

A family of some 17 genera and 250 species of herbs, sub-shrubs and shrubs with some climbers, mainly from Asia and the Americas.  Some botanists place 7 of the genera in a separate family, Philadelphaceae, but they are combined here.  Represented in the Hortus by a number of ornamental shrubs.

Plants in this Family

1. Deutzia gracilis Sieb. & Zucc.
2. Deutzia scabra Thunb.
3. Dichroa febrifuga Lour.
4. Hydrangea macrophylla (Thunb.) Ser.
5. Hydrangea macrophylla (Thunb.) Ser. subsp. serrata (Thunb.) Makino
6. Philadelphus coronarius L.
7. Philadelphus inodorus L.
8. Philadelphus latifolius Schrad. ex DC. var. pubescens Dippel