[64] Limelight Hydrangea Size
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[65] Limelight Hydrangea Size . This hardy selection is excellent for use in mixed border or foundation plantings. A new dwarf form of the popular limelight hydrangea little lime sports the same great flower power but in a smaller package. We recommend only planting 1 per garden container unless the pot is very large.
First it blooms later than most hydrangeas beginning in midsummer. Attractive green summer flowers turn pink in fall. While maintaining its short stature of 3 5 tall and wide it really packs a visual punch in the garden.
Avoid early feeding since the shrub. Sturdy stems are good for cut flower. Don t let this petite shrub fool you.
Feed it with a 5 10 5 ratio fertilizer once the soil warms to 68 degrees fahrenheit in spring. Water the hydrangea to a depth of 4 inches after cutting it back. The rose died this spring.
Although marketed as bobo hydrangea the taxonomy of this plant is given as hydrangea paniculata ilvobo. Good massed as a hedge in containers or as a cut flower. Limelight hydrangea hydrangea paniculata limelight lives up to its name as its show stopping elongated midsummer flower clusters open lime green brighten to white and assume hints of rich.
Maintaining a compact and manageable size of 3 5 tall and wide this variety adds a visual wow factor to your garden. Hydrangea paniculata jane plant patent 22 330. In summer lime green blooms open on strong stems no drooping here.
Limelight is a paniculata or panicle type hydrangea hydrangea paniculata limelight that s prized for a variety of reasons. Compared to its famous sibling limelight little lime hardy hydrangea hydrangea paniculata may seem like a pipsqueak. Hydrangea paniculata limelight plant patent 12 874.
If you choose to grow into a limelight hedge pictured above you can plant 70 to 84 inches apart center on center. Our bathroom was renovated last winter and the contractor dumped a bucket of grout water on top of this plant and a hybrid rose. An exciting hardy hydrangea from holland limelight has unique chartreuse blooms in mid summer that change to pink in fall.
Compared to its famous larger sibling the limelight the little lime hydrangea hydrangea paniculata may look at first glance like a pipsqueak don t let this petite shrub fool you. Plant breeders rights 2319. Water regularly to maintain evenly moist soil.
Second its large panicle shaped flower heads that grow 6 to 12 inches long hold upright on the shrub instead of drooping with weight. Known for its large clusters of white flowers bobo hydrangea is considered a dwarf reaching only about 3 feet tall with a similar spread. With pruning it can be kept even more compact.