Panicle Hydrangea

Panicle Hydrangea, Pee Gee Hydrangea

Hydrangea paniculata

Saxifragaceae (Saxifrage Family)

▲ large shrub, before flowering in early summer

▲ large, post-flowering shrub

▲ ▼ inflorescences

▲ ▼ leaves and stems

Location on campus: in garden area on east side of Karls Hall

Hydrangea paniculata: Panicle Hydrangea, PeeGee Hydrangea

• leaves opposite, deciduous, ovate with serrated margins; 3-6" long and 1/3 as wide; dark green above and pubescent underneath
• stems stout, reddish-brown with gray vertical streaks or peeling bark in older twigs
• grows 10-20' tall and wide
• flowers are white changing to purplish pink in mid summer to mid fall in upright terminal panicles with mostly fertile flowers
• flowers on new growth (current season’s wood)
• prefers full sun to partial shade in moist-well-drained soils; most cold hardy of hydrangeas
• fast growth rate