Hydrangea paniculata

Common Name: panicle hydrangea

Native Range: Eastern and southern China, Japan, Sakhalin, Kuril Island

Zone: 3 to 8

Plant type & Form: vigorous, upright, rapid-growing, somewhat coarsely textured, deciduous shrub 

Height: 8.00 to 15.00 feet

Spread: 6.00 to 12.00 feet

Bloom Time: July to September

Bloom Description: White

Flower: Showy

Leaf: oval to ovate and dark green 

Sun: full sun to part shade

Water: Medium

Soil type & pH: organically rich, medium moisture, well-drained soils

Maintenance: Medium

Suggested Use: Hedge Can mass or group in a mixed shrub border or open woodland garden. Also found as a lawn specimen, accent or hedge. Provides late summer bloom when few other shrubs are in flower.

Tolerates: Air pollution

Notes: The specific epithet paniculata refers to the arrangement of the flowers in panicles. In full bloom, the weight of the flower panicles will typically cause the branches to arch downward.

Identification notes:  Look at the large pointed leaves, and cone shaped flowering structures.  The flowers will turn a copper color in winter and generally stay on the plant through the winter, or until pruned.