Plant: Bobo® Panicle Hydrangea

Plant description

A dwarf panicle hydrangea reaching only 2.5 to 3 feet tall and 3 to 4 feet wide, carrying loads of large white flowers from early summer through early fall that turn pink in autumn. The blooms are held upright on strong stems without flopping and cover the plant right down to the ground. It prefers part sun to sun with at least four hours of direct light, is adaptable to many soil types with moderate moisture, and blooms on new wood so it can be pruned in late winter or early spring. Suited to containers, borders and foundation plantings.

Flowers

Large white flowers in summer that turn pink in autumn, held upright on strong stems and covering the plant right down to the ground.

Foliage

Opposite, simple, oval to ovate leaves, sometimes whorled toward the tip, 3 to 6 inches long and 1.5 to 3 inches wide, dark green above and light green beneath, fading to yellow in fall.

Fruit

A brownish pink dehiscent oval capsule that does not attract wildlife, appearing in summer and fall.

Bark & stems

Grayish brown bark that shreds when mature and is irregularly furrowed; stems tend to droop under the weight of the flowers.

Pruning

Blooms on new wood. Prune in late winter or early spring to maintain the tidy dwarf form; it blooms regardless of climate, soil, pH or pruning.

Native range

Eastern and southern China, Japan, Sakhalin, Taiwan and Kuril Island

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