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Panicle Hydrangea
Hydrangea paniculata · Shrub
Panicle Hydrangea is a fast-growing shrub, hardy in USDA zones 3-8, that matures to about 8–15 ft × 6–12 ft. It does best in full sun and part shade with medium water needs in well-drained, moist and occasionally-wet soil. Expect brown, cream and pink blooms in summer and fall. It attracts pollinators, stands up well to pollution and salt and grows happily in containers.
- USDA zones
- 3-8
- Sun
- Full sun, Part shade
- Water
- Medium
- Mature size
- 8–15 ft × 6–12 ft
- Growth rate
- Fast
- Maintenance
- Medium
- Soil
- Well-drained, Moist, Occasionally-wet
- Bloom color
- Brown, Cream, Pink, White
- Bloom season
- Summer, Fall
- Attracts
- Pollinators
- Tough against
- Pollution, Salt
- Native to
- Eastern and southern China, Japan, Sakhalin, Kuril Island
Will it survive your winters?
We score Panicle Hydrangea’s freeze-trouble range against the real coldest nights your area has recorded.
Powered by ~35 years of daily lows from the nearest NOAA weather station. A risk read, not a guarantee — a sheltered spot or mature plant beats the odds.
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