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Hydrangea paniculata
  • A Dutch cultivar launched in 1990.
  • Grows vigorously into a shrub with erect strong stems and becomes 2-3 m high.
  • Develops green leaves.
  • Displays flowers gathered in large, compact panicle-like inflorescences on top of stems which become 20-25 cm long; they consist solely of barren flowers and their hue alters while blooming – at first they are willow green and with age become greenish yellow, then crème-white and at the end of the summer delicately pink; when in full bloom its bushes look spectacular and their flowers remain in the shrub long after the leaves have fallen off.
  • Its flowers are good for bouquets.
  • The flowerheads appear on tops of its stems in July and in August.
  • Prefers humus, rich, sufficiently wet and slightly acidic soils.
  • Can be planted as solitary shrubs or in groups, in parks and in gardens, in places sheltered from the wind.
  • Quite cold hardy.