
Panicle Hydrangea
- Botanical Name
- Hydrangea paniculata
- Hardiness
- Zones 3 to 8
- Height
- 10 to 20 feet
- Width
- 6 to 8 feet
- Flowers
- Late July to September: white changing to pink, 6 to 8 inch panicles, fertile and infertile flowers
- Fall Color
- Yellow, red, orange, purple
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Soil
- Moist, well-drained, adaptable
- Planting & Care
- Blooms on new wood
- Moderately salt tolerant
- Minimal pruning needed
- Thinning plants to 5 to 10 primary shoots will encourage larger flowers
- Pruning to ground level will result in weak floppy growth Prune in late winter after the worst of winter has passed /early spring before growth begins
- Thinning plants to 5 to 10 primary shoots will encourage larger flowers
- Problems
- None serious
- Varieties
- Limelight - lime green flowers on rounded panicles that age to red-pink, 6 to 10 feet x 5 to 6 feet
- Tardiva - late flowering, 8 to 12 feet tall x 5 to 7 feet wide – late bloom, lacy white flowers fades to purplish- pink
- Unique - earlier blooming, 10'
- Grandiflora - the PeeGee Hydrangea, often grown as a small tree
- Bobo - 2 to 3’ x 3 to 4’ wide, compact mounded plant with lots of long lasting large white flowers that eventually fade to a purplish pink
- Little Lime – 3 to 5’ tall and wide. Lime green flowers fading to rose
- Little Lamb – 6 to 8’ x 4 to 6’ wide, large fluffy white flowers
- Pinkie Winky – 6 to 8’ x 5 to 6’ wide, large, white & pink flowers fade to dark pink
- Quickfire – 6 to 8’ tall and wide – earlier bloom, white to pink to rosy red
- Vanilla Strawberry - 6 to 8’ x 4 to 5’ wide – large white flowers fade to pink and then a strawberry red
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