Panicle Hydrangea

Growth habit

Shrub

Perennation

Long-lived polycarpic perennial

Location

Zucker Shrub Collection

Source of plant

Fairweather Gardens

Description

Habit: Upright to moderately spreading, 125 x 165cm. Foliage: Yellow green, a little greener than 146A. Stem features: White pedicels. Flushed pink 187D lower stem and in inflorescence; brown 200D during and after flowering. Panicle: Very dense, broadly conical, and rounded. Fertile florets: Very few, cream in bud then white, perhaps one or two per terminal cluster but covered by the much more numerous sterile florets. Sterile floret: Ranging from greyed yellow 160B -C to white, some older florets with pink tipped bosses, becoming pink flushed. Scent: Very slight fragrance. Flowering: from mid July to late September

USDA Hardiness Zone

3