Hydrangea febrifuga
Published by Daniel Mosquin on August 3, 2005
Family / Families: Hydrangeaceae
Scientific Name(s): Hydrangea febrifuga (Lour.) Y.De Smet & Granados
Institution(s): David C. Lam Asian Garden, University of British Columbia Botanical Garden
Accession Number(s): 1988-0180
Location(s): Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Entry Author(s): Daniel Mosquin
Copyright Holder(s): Daniel Mosquin
Image License: Creative Commons License
Tags: Cornales, Hydrangeaceae, Photo by Daniel, UBC Botanical Garden
The blue flowers of Hydrangea febrifuga
It’s fair to say that this plant is well-adored by the researchers and staff at UBC Botanical Garden. How can one not admire its blue flowers, later followed by persistent blue fruit?
Blue evergreen hydrangea is an important species in traditional Chinese medicine.
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But why febrifuga? Does it have a medicinal use?
Yes, the plant has been used to treat fever and malaria.
Beautiful
This is beautiful!! but, my hydrangea don’t have persistant blue fruit or indeed any fruit, are they edible? are they relished by birds? thank you, zoe
The plant is used medicinally, but I do not see reference to the fruit being edible.
what zone is this hardy to i would love it for my blue garden!
Here in Santa Rosa we have three large(6’x6′) plants of these doing very well in semi-shade, but they are getting rangy. What is the best time to prune them?
Thank you.
I recently purchased one of these in Portland Oregon and now plan to plant it on a north facing wall in my Santa CRUZ mountain garden. Does anyone have experince with how much sun this plant will tolerate ? Pippa.