Hydrangea Paniculata Grandiflora Pruning

Hydrangea paniculata or tree hydrangea duration.

Hydrangea paniculata grandiflora pruning. A desirable trait of all paniculatas is their tolerance for pruning. One can prune them at any time except when they begin forming bloom heads in the summer. 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. Grow hydrangea paniculata in medium moisture well drained soil that is rich in organic material. Choose a full sun to part shade location. Both hydrangea paniculata and h. Flowers on panicle hydrangeas are panicle shaped cone shaped in contrast to the ball shaped mopheads or flattened lacecaps.

The paniculata is the only hydrangea that can be pruned into a tree form. Blooms start out white or cream colored but as the flowers age they take on a pinkish tinge. Horttube with jim putnam 83 019 views. Often good autumn colour. Panicle hydrangeas hydrangea paniculata include peegee hydrangeas and limelight hydrangeas. Add a rich organic material to the soil where you plan to plant the peegee hydrangea. How to care for a hydrangea paniculata grandiflora 1.

Other common names hardy white flowered hydrangea large flowered paniculate hydrangea. 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. Synonyms hydrangea pee gee. 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. 8 10 feet tall and wide is not unusual. Brad macdonald explains how to prune pee gee hydrangea shrubs. Pruning should be carried out in february or march.

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. Arborescens flower on shoots made in the current season of growth so need to be pruned differently in early spring to ensure a good crop of new stems which will then bear the large flowers on the end of the arching stems.