

Cultural Conditions: Light: Full sun (6 or more hours of direct sunlight a day) Partial Shade (Direct sunlight only part of the day, 2-6 hours) Soil Texture: Clay High Organic Matter Loam (Silt) Sand Soil pH: Acid (Whole Plant Traits: Plant Type: Shrub Woody Plant Leaf Characteristics: Deciduous Habit/Form: Arching Erect Growth Rate: Rapid Maintenance: Medium Texture: Medium.Attributes: Genus: Hydrangea Species: paniculata Family: Hydrangeaceae Life Cycle: Woody Country Or Region Of Origin: Asia Wildlife Value: Attracts butterflies Dimensions: Height: 10 ft.Tags: #showy flowers #deciduous #heat tolerant #specimen #white flowers #easy to grow #deciduous shrub #salt tolerant #shade garden #cottage garden #mass planting #air pollution tolerant #long-lasting flowers #deer browsing plant #large flowers #fantz #flowers mid-summer #dried arrangements #flowers late summer #border back #urban conditions tolerant #small group plantings #butterfly friendly #flowers early fall #wind damage prone #woodland garden See this plant in the following landscape: Cultivars / Varieties: More information on Hydrangea paniculata. It is susceptible to damage by deer and has brittle stems that are easily wind damaged. Some susceptibility to leaf spot, rust, mildew, bud blight, and bacterial wilt. Insects, Diseases, and Other Plant Problems: Aphids and mites occasionally visit but are rarely a problem. stout stem, reddish-brown streaked with gray.

opposite serrate leaves, whorled at branch tips.Or plant it in a cottage, courtyard, or in a shaded woodland garden. Planted in groups it works well as a border or hedge but is also delightful as a single specimen. Consider 'Grandiflora' for an Asian or butterfly themed garden. This shrub is winter hardy, tolerates, heat, humidity, salt, and thrives in urban conditions. The large ovate leaves turn an attractive yellow color in the fall. The showy white conical blossoms appear from July to September when few other landscape plants are blooming. The plant is shallow rooted and will benefit from a layer of mulch. It can be severely pruned in late winter or spring as it blooms on the current season's new growth, not on the woody stems formed during the previous year. Plant it in neutral to acidic soil with good drainage. This hydrangea is more tolerant of full sun than other hydrangea species but prefers morning sun and afternoon shade. 'Grandiflora' is easy to grown and reaches a mature size of 10 to 20 feet tall and wide. The name hydrangea is derived from Greek and Latin and taken to mean water vessel, in reference to the "cup-like form of the seed-capsule."

The parent plant is native to eastern and southern China, Japan, and Sakhalin and Kuril Islands. 'Grandiflora' is a cultivar of the panicle hydrangea is a perennial, woody, deciduous shrub or small tree in the Hydrangeaceae (hydrangea) family. Phonetic Spelling hy-DRAN-jee-uh pan-ick-yoo-LAY-tuh Description
