Hydrangea quercifolia 'Snow Queen'

Is this a Hydrangea quercifolia ‘Snow Queen’ (Oakleaf hydrangea) ?
Its very attractive, what conditions does it like?

Yes it is, it grows well in most conditions I've planted it in. It doesn't need as much water as H. macrophylla but does like acidic soil. Summers get hot here so I plant it in part-sun but in cooler areas it would do fine in full sun. Not very hard to grow but rabbits and deer like it. Beetles will eat the foliage but generally don't do too much damage.

Thanks Rkwright

Beautiful but SNOW?

It's stunning! Both flowers and foliage! rk....could my hydrangeas be refusing to flower because my soil isn't acidic enough? I have neutral to acid soil. The plants are healthy looking to my eye eye..and growing well, but only one flower on one plant out of four shrubs. Not so with H panicum which is covered with blooms! I'm baffled! I did wonder about the acidity as I've seen a lot of big snails this year...and I seem to think they need lime for shell making?

What type of hydrangea is it? If the leaves on your hydrangea are green it is not likely to be soil pH. I am guessing it is Hydrangea macrophylla or H. serrata? When they don't flower here it is usually because of late Spring frosts killing the flower buds or winter temperatures killing them. Planting them close to the house or in other areas not as likely to get late season frost will help and so will mulching heavily in winter or using burlap when a frost is in the forecast (in Spring once new growth has emerged). H. paniculata is very tough so it doesn't have that problem. Soil pH can change the color of the blooms but not likely to keep it from flowering, I have seen hydrangeas grow and flower in very poor conditions before. I had several Hydrangea macrophylla and serrata not flower this year but saw where the buds had been frosted off in the Spring.

Yes! That's exactly what I though today when I really thought about it today...it will have been those awful late frosts we had in March and April that did for them! Thank you RK for confirming that for me! :)