Are hydrangeas native?

Hydrangea has long been a popular flowering shrub. Hydrangea is a genus of about 100 species of flowering plants native to southern and eastern Asia (from Japan to China, the Himalaya and Indonesia) and North and South America. Hydrangeas produce flowers from early spring to late autumn.Click to see full answer. Considering this, are hydrangeas native to New England?Hydrangeas in bloom(and after) are some of the most beautiful and impactful shrubs in the New England garden. This happens with the most common macrophylla species where the plants are hardy in our area, but many will not reliably flower.Secondly, what kind of plant is a hydrangea? The most common garden hydrangea shrub is the Bigleaf variety, Hydrangea macrophylla. Also to know is, do hydrangeas grow wild? Wild hydrangea shrubs are more often called smooth hydrangeas (Hydrangea arborescens). They are deciduous plants native to the southeastern United States, but can be cultivated in U.S. Department of Agriculture plant hardiness zones 3 through 9. The wild hydrangea plant flowers from June until the first frosts.Do Hydrangeas have a scent?The beautiful lacecap types look as if they should smell delicious, but never do. The smooth hydrangea, or Hydrangea arborescens, whose best known cultivar is ‘Annabelle’, features enormous round flowerheads with no scent. But we fragrance lovers are tenacious, forever seeking out specimens that tantalize our noses.