| Description | Quick Fire Hydrangea (Hydrangea paniculata) The name refers to this Hydrangeas early bloom. |
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| Pronunciation | (hy-DRAN-je-ah)(pah-nik-yew-LAY-tah) |
| Plant Type | Shrubs Deciduous, Site author's observations |
| Hardiness Zone | 3-9 |
| Sunlight | full to shade but flowering best in full |
| Moisture | average to moist |
| Soil & Site | average, moist |
| Temperature | hardy to -40 F |
| Flowers | loose white inflorescence turning rosy pink in the fall |
| Dimensions | 6-7 feet tall by equal spread, easy to keep to a smaller size by pruning |
| Maintenance | The blooms are formed on the new wood. Pruning in the fall or early spring will produce lots of new wood. At this time you can control the height, spread and shape of the plant, by the amount that is pruned. I like to use a pruning shears not hedge shears. With pruning shears I can better control the shape and the cuts are more precise. Thinning can help reduce some of the weight off the branches. The flowers can become very heavy, especially after a rain. Can be pruned hard. |
| Propagation | cuttings |
| Author's Notes | I have this growing in my garden. Has been very hardy and one of the first to bloom of my Paniculata Hydrangeas. |
| Notes & Reference | 85-Hydrangeas for American Gardens (Michael Dirr), #267- Complete Hydrangeas (Glenn Church) |
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