https://www.houzz.com/discussions/5285119/wee-white#28657974

No. I can't get past the name. Reminds me of wee willy. Like...a man's wee willy. LOL!

I am totally unqualified to have an opinion here, having never seen a Wee White (but I am fully qualified in ranty bluster). Rouge, on seeing that array of photos, I literally gasped...and not in a good way. Good grief....why O why would breeders or buyers want a plant with Annabelle sized blooms, but only 2.5 feet tall?!! Speechless and mystified at the graceless, dumpy, lumpy embarrassment...and frankly, tales of 'dirty pink' and beige are really putting the icing on top.

Not for me. If you only have space for a 2.5ft plant, there are many, many better picks.

And yep - stupid name too.

I have four wee whites (selected by landscape architect, not me) in a shady patio area in a small bed intermixed with hosta and ferns where standard Annabelles would have been too big. They perform well for me in close to full shade and have reliably bloomed unlike some "endless bummers" in the same area. The flowers are a pure creamy white for me once fully opened, though I guess they are maybe a "dirty pink" before then? They dry to a beige-y green which I really like and use for dried arrangements. Now that they've matured a bit, the flower-to-foliage ratio is better than what I see in those pics. I've found that, no huge surprise, lots and lots of water is really important, and added individual drip line rings for each plant despite their small size. One summer when I didn't realize my irrigation system was broken, the flowers never really opened and looked very wan.

But not as stupid as Pinky Winky!!

I still say that "Little Hottie" takes the cake

(What is it about hydrangea names lately that are way dopey?)

O why would breeders or buyers want a plant with Annabelle sized blooms, but only 2.5 feet tall?!!

I respectfully disagree @rosaprimula UK (Cambridge) Z8/9. The obvious option for such a small but floriferous hydrangea is in a 'permanent' pot. (I think I have 3 hydrangeas in pots. I love the flexibility of being able to move the container around during the summer season and to places where it can only be accommodated in a pot eg a deck/patio.

As well our property is pretty small but it can accommodate in the ground, these more "mini" offerings.

(Wait a sec, do I not recall correctly that you were at one time, maybe last season, on the lookout for a small stature hydrangea?)

I have a Wee White. I have it planted in proximity to a Munchkin Oak leaf hydrangea and a Haas Halo because I sm more of a plant collector and less of garden designer.

Wee White is vastly inferior to its neighbors and I am convinced the only thing that makes it marketable is that it is a cultivar or a native species.

It is closer to 3 ft than 2ft for me, and the blooms are definitely scaled down and not full Annabelle size.

This is pretty much peak bloom and the flowers have a sort of dingy look to them.

even though I wouldn’t recommed this hydrangea, I also haven’t removed it because it is healthy and undemanding and not in a prime spot.

O Dear, I hope I have not offended any of the (many) hydrangea lovers on here. My D-i-L is a definite fan...and grows them well, even in pots. They are just too big for my gardens (and the ones I like the most tend to be the largest of them all). I really, really do not care for the concept of breeding dwarfish variations of popular plants. I realise many of us have much smaller gardens and simply cannot accommodate many traditional garden themes. My whole garden would fit within the confines of a 'traditional' herbaceous border (asters, paeonies, phlox, beebalms...planted in 3s, 5s, 7s. and so on). Even so, 'less is more' does not apply in my book (indeed, it is 'more is better').

Definitely no offense taken at all @rosaprimula UK (Cambridge) Z8/9! It would be tres ennui if we all were in agreement.

and a Haas Halobecause I sm more of a plant collector and less of garden designer.

a gardener after my own heart :)

Last year after seeing a gorgeous specimen of HH in a friend's garden I picked up *four* of them + one Invincibelle Lace hydrangea (I was smitten with this one after seeing it all abuzz with pollinators, even at the nursery). So far this spring IL looks like it will be covered with blooms.

I think Itea 'Fizzy Mizzy' takes the cake for stupid plant names. Or maybe Heptacodium 'Temple of Bloom'.

Thanks for the replies. The name doesn't bother me but the photo posted by Markay MD-Zone 7A (8A on new map) does. It isn't what I am looking for. Pinky Winky - which I have and love - doesn't bother me either. Maybe Haas Halo would be a better choice.

FWIW @jacquierz5bmi, it seems from WEE White isn't very WEE i'e. And I quote from a comment found here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8ZdaV1m1Ic&lc=UgxFZe7QDRZ18ofWitp4AaABAg.9tKUyZSzPd6A4T4EYctfzR

I have a whole row of these proven winters wee whites, at least 10-15 plants that were planted as a foundation hedge in the front row due to their supposed small size. They are now over 5 feet tall......