[99] Hydrangea Paniculata Grandiflora Pruning
Brad macdonald explains how to prune pee gee hydrangea shrubs.
[65] Hydrangea Paniculata Grandiflora Pruning . Grow hydrangea paniculata in medium moisture well drained soil that is rich in organic material. Other common names hardy white flowered hydrangea large flowered paniculate hydrangea. 8 10 feet tall and wide is not unusual.
This hydrangea does best when. Genus hydrangea can be deciduous or evergreen shrubs or self clinging climbers with flowers in clusters usually comprising both small fertile and more showy sterile flowers. This plant can be trained as a small tree by judicious pruning but achieves its best form if grown as a large shrub with multiple stems.
Pruning should be carried out in february or march. Add a rich organic material to the soil where you plan to plant the peegee hydrangea. Choose a full sun to part shade location.
Horttube with jim putnam 83 019 views. Synonyms hydrangea pee gee. One can prune them at any time except when they begin forming bloom heads in the summer.
Flowers on panicle hydrangeas are panicle shaped cone shaped in contrast to the ball shaped mopheads or flattened lacecaps. Both hydrangea paniculata and h. Blooms start out white or cream colored but as the flowers age they take on a pinkish tinge.
Paniculatas often get very large. Often good autumn colour. Panicle hydrangeas can be pruned in late fall once the plant has gone completely dormant i e has lost all of its leaves and has been bare for at least two weeks or in early spring just as the new growth begins to emerge.
The best form is achieved by keeping it in the six to ten foot range. How to care for a hydrangea paniculata grandiflora 1. Plant the peegee hydrangea in an area that will get full sun but only if you live in an area where the soil doesn t.
A desirable trait of all paniculatas is their tolerance for pruning. The paniculata is the only hydrangea that can be pruned into a tree form.