Pee Wee Dwarf Oakleaf Hydrangea
Hydrangea quercifolia ‘Pee Wee’
Plant Details
USDA Plant Hardiness Zones: 5a-9b Find Your Zone
Plant Type: Deciduous Flowering Shrub
Height at Maturity: 3-4′
Width at Maturity: 4-6′
Spacing: 4-5′ for hedge; 10′ or more for space between plants
Growth Habit / Form: Mounding
Flower Color: White fading to soft pink
Flower Size: Large – up to 6-8″ inches long
Flowering Period: Summer
Flower Type: Single in large, long clusters
Fragrant Flowers: No
Foliage Color: Green shades
Fragrant Foliage: No
Berries: NA
Berry Color: NA
Sun Needs: Part Shade (morning sun with afternoon shade or all day filtered sun)
Water Needs: Average, low when established
Soil Type: Clay (amended), Loam, Sand (amended), Silt
Soil Moisture / Drainage: Well Drained Moist
Soil pH: 5.5 – 7.5 (Acid to Slightly Alkaline)
Maintenance / Care: Very Low
Attracts: Visual Attention
Resistances: Deer – more info, Disease, Drought (when established in part shade), Heat, Humidity, Insect
Description
The Pee Wee Oakleaf Hydrangea provides the same four-season appeal and lavish flower production as its larger growing cousins but in less than half the space! The large, elongated panicles of white flowers, which mature to pale pink, are slightly smaller on this dwarf selection, however are produced in the same abundance as larger varieties. The bold oak-shaped deep green leaves turn magnificent shades of burgundy in fall, holding on the plant well into winter. The dried flowerheads and the peeling cinnamon color bark add interest in the garden during the winter months.
If we are sold out of Pee Wee Dwarf Oakleaf Hydrangea check out the Ruby Slippers Dwarf Oakleaf Hydrangea
Landscape & Garden Uses
Growing in a mound to about 4 feet tall and 6 feet wide, the Pee Wee Oakleaf Hydrangea is ideal for use as an accent or specimen, in small to large groupings, or as a natural hedge in landscape and flowering shrub and woodland borders. Its smaller size makes it perfect for use as an accent in smaller garden spaces and home foundation plantings and in pots, planters and other containers of 14 inches or more in rim diameter. A fine selection for Hydrangea gardens, white theme gardens, cottage gardens and partially shaded woodland gardens.
Suggested Spacing: 4 to 5 feet apart for hedge; 10 feet or more apart or more for space between plants
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Note: For our customers who live and garden north of USDA Cold Hardiness Zone 5a, where this Hydrangea variety is not reliably winter hardy, you’ll be happy to know that it can be grown in containers that can be brought indoors during winter and place back outside when temperatures warm up in spring.
Growing Preferences
Pee Wee Oakleaf Hydrangea is very easy to grow in most any moist but well-drained, soil with average fertility and full sun to part shade in northern zones where it will grow and shade to part shade (morning sun with afternoon shade or filtered sun) in southern zones. It prefers a soil rich in organic matter. For best flowering, we suggest 6 hours of direct sun light per day. As with so many other ornamental plants, a constantly soggy or wet soil is problematic. Highly resistant to pests and diseases.
Note: Pee Wee is a Hydrangea quercifolia (oakleaf) species that produces its flowers from buds that formed on “old wood” (during the previous year). Oakleaf hydrangeas typically require little to no pruning. They are best left alone. That said they can be pruned to remove a stray branch or to reduce size.
For proper pruning time and techniques on various types of Hydrangea see: How To Prune Various Types Of Hydrangea
Helpful Articles
Click on a link below to find helpful advice from our experts on how to plant and care for Oakleaf Hydrangeas.
How To Plant Hydrangeas In The Ground & Pots
How To Prune Various Types Of Hydrangea
How To Fertilize And Water Hydrangeas
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The Pee-wee plant arrived about 3 weeks ago. It was healthy and the packing was perfect. Planted it in a large pot. It is doing quite well, has plenty of leaves. Looking forward to seeing it grow, bloom and thrive.—————————————————Thanks for the photo! We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy it for years to come! Thanks for the kind words and wonderful review! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG
My Pee Wee Oakleaf Hydrangeas arrived in excellent condition and are absolutely beautiful specimens! I couldn’t be more pleased!———————————————-Thanks for the kind words and awesome review! We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy them for years to come! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG
Received and in the ground!!!
Thanks!!!—————————————————————-Thanks so much! Let us know if there’s ever anything we can help you with. 🙂 – Beth | WBG
Thanks!!!—————————————————————-Thanks so much! Let us know if there’s ever anything we can help you with. 🙂 – Beth | WBG
Once ordered, our Pee Wee Oakleaf Hydrangeas arrived quickly. The plants were packed very well, and we had no damage to any of the hydrangeas. We’re waiting for the first signs of growth, but the plants are nice and healthy so we should be seeing some green buds before too much longer. Because of this positive experience, we are planning on purchasing more plants from Wilson Bros to complete the landscaping of our house.—————————————————We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy them for years to come! Thanks for the kind words and great review! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG
Nice plant arrived in excellent condition. Planted it near some established oak leaf hydrangeas and it looks like its been there as long as the others.——————————————We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy it for years to come! Thanks for the kind words and great review! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG
Pee Wee is perfect for our “trouble spot”. We wanted a native shrub, summer flowers, fall color and a height of 36” to 54”, able to take full sun. My wife LOVES Oak Leaf Hydrangeas, so when she found Pee Wee, our problem was solved! They were typical of all my Wilson Bros orders… packaged great, healthy, big, beautiful plants and FREE shipping.———————————————–We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy it for years to come! Thanks so much for the kind words and great review! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG
Got the plant. Hydrangea in beautiful condition!——————————————————–We are so glad you are pleased with your purchase! Thanks for the great review! Beth | WBG 🙂
Bought two, three gallon pots for planting in clay-ish soil in Northern NJ. Plants were in good shape when they arrived. One was a little bigger than the other and seemingly did better at first than the smaller one. The smaller needed LOTS of water because it would begin to wilt very quickly. It seems to be holding it’s own now after about 2/3 weeks. Still watering it at least once a day but that’s to be expected. Thanks! I can’t wait to see what they do this summer and over the years! Beautiful leaves and a really neat plant! Dana Nitzsche———————————We are so glad you are pleased! Sounds like the smaller will be okay, if not, please let us know. Beth | WBG
This is the second Pee Wee Dwarf Oakleaf Hydrangea I have bought from Wilson Bros. I was so pleased with the first one that I decided to get another. Everything I have purchased from Wilson Bros had done great even after being shipped all the way to North Carolina. ——————- WBG Reply: Hi Barbara – Thanks so much for taking the time to provide your review and for the compliments. It was our pleasure to serve you again. We take extra special care when watering and caring for our plants so that they are ready upon arrival to plant and thrive in the landscape. Let us know if there’s ever anything else we can help you with. We’re at your service! – Brent – Wilson Bros Gardens
I didn’t even know there was such a thing as a dwarf oakleaf hydrangea. Was browsing Wilson Bros Gardens and found this Pee Wee. The plants arrived within a few days after ordering and were in excellent condition. These are a perfect fit for my patio garden where the standard okaleaf hydrangeas would never work. Excellent site…easy to navigate!
I had a hard time finding these and was thrilled to find them on Wilson Bros. Gardens. I have the perfect shady spot for them in my yard



























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