Plant profile
Botanical name: Hydrangea paniculata
German name: Rispenhortensie
Family: Hydrangeaceae
Flowering time: August to September
Flowers: white, pink or dark pink
Foliage: summer green, dull green
Growth habit: shrub
Soil: nutrient-rich, deep, humic and acidic soil
Origin: Japan and China
Hydrangea paniculata in garden design
Hydrangea paniculata is a perennial flowering panicle hydrangea that is beautiful even after it has faded due to its distinctive inflorescence. In late summer, when other flowering shrubs have already faded, Hydrangea paniculata makes its grand entrance and sets points of light in the garden design. Depending on the variety, the cone-shaped inflorescences change color toward the end of the blooming season. Hydrangea paniculata likes a sunny to semi-shady location in a nutrient-rich humus-rich soil.
It combines well with grasses and other perennials and adds interesting splashes of color to the garden design. However, its impressive flowers make the panicle hydrangea a highlight in any garden, even without companions. The panicle hydrangea can be cut back in spring or fall (recommended), so that strong new shoots can form.
Popular varieties of panicle hydrangea
Grandiflora: Up to 30 cm long and white flower panicles that turn a soft pink as they fade. Grows to 250 cm tall.
Pinky Winky: Shrub up to 200 cm tall with vigorous shoots with many white-pink flower corollas that turn a vivid red when they fade.
Limelight: The flowers are greenish to lemon yellow at first and turn to a delicate crème white when they fade.
Burgundy Lace: Flowers white to cream, turning to a wine red.
Vanilla Fraise: The crème-white flowers change hue to a soft pink and finally to a purple.
Mega Pearl: Grows to three feet tall and bears white to pink flowers.
Bobo: With a growth height of about 80 cm, the smallest variety with white flowers that change color to a soft pink when they fade.
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