Check with Amy in this post: https://www.gardenweb.com/discussions/5909913/white-wedding-hydrangea-spacing#n=2

Thank you Luis! I am going to check and see if Amy has an update after 3 years. She never replied to the comments and suggestion on her thread 3 years ago but hopefully she sees it.

I am sorry that I’m not able to answer your question. I have one for you. I haven’t been able to find White Wedding Hydrangeas in 2 or 3 gallon recently and the ones I can find are large and extremely expensive. Any leads?

Consider trying to find them again closer to spring 2024. Inventory levels at the end of the growing season are typically very low to non-existent. Maybe by then you can find the cheaper gallon pots.

I agree with Luis. I think at this time of the year everything is just mostly gone from my local garden centers. I purchased mine during the spring at a local garden center and they were small. If you have a local garden center where you sort of know the people that work there you can have them order them for you also. I planted 12 different varieties of oak leafs and paniculatas this year (including lime light prime), and none of them performed as well as the white weddings did in full sun. I really like this variety.

Oakleaf hydrangeas (h. quercifolia) should be in morning sun until 11am during the summer months. Panicles can get full sun only in places where the summer sun is not harsh or is harsh for brief times, not for months at a time. In the south, they can suffer in places with months of continuous summer heat and dry humidity. Here in Dallas, panicles require some late afternoon shade, 3-4" of organic mulch past the drip line and copious amounts of soil moisture as soon as the soil is dry at a depth of 4"..

Thank you Luis. I did not mean to imply my oak leafs were in all day sun, they have afternoon shade after 2pm here (still full sun because they get 7 to 8 hours during the summer). We are very humid here all year round so I am assuming that helps too.

Thank you all for responding. Luis, my panicle hydrangeas did not survive the drought, and extreme temperatures in Central Texas. I will try again with more shade.

Yes, one of my panicles, a 2-3 foot high Strawberry Sundae, it also probably perished. But the much smaller Tidbit survived but did not bloom (it does get more afternoon shade). I remain watering to keep the soil evenly dry as it is still warm and nearby Big Leaf Hydrangras are still green. If it does not produce new stem growth by early spring in March-April then I will pull it out of there. Also aim to keep the soil evenly moist at a depth of 4”. Keep it mulched all year around (no rock mulch).

We are planting these next week! how tall has your White Wedding gotten? How did it do in full sun? I have western exposure in zone 7, so pretty much full sun after 12:00