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[quote=Anonymous]We have a ton of deer in our neighborhood and they don't seem to eat the oakleaf hydrangea (Hydrangea quercifolia), although my understanding is that it's not native to the DMV area. There's also wild or smooth hydrangea (Hydrangea arborescens), which is native to our area. https://www.nutsfornatives.com/post/maryland-and-virginia-native-plant-gardens-go-wild-with-hydrangeas According to this site (which summarizes the Mt. Cuba trials), of the cultivars of the wild hydrangea, lace caps are preferred by pollinators over mop heads, With Haas' Halo being the first most popular and the straight species being the second most popular with pollinators. I'm a big fan of straight natives, personally -- unless places like Mt. Cuba do the work to prove that cultivars are actually used by native insects, there's a good chance that breeding these plants for characteristics appealing to humans (form, size, color, etc.) makes them much less useful to bugs. [/quote]
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