Plant: Strawberry Sundae - Hydrangea
Hydrangea · Hydrangea paniculata 'Rensun'
Size: 3 gal
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More about this plant
Strawberry Sundae is a compact panicle hydrangea whose flower cones emerge creamy white in midsummer and turn pink as night temperatures cool, holding that strawberry pink through fall until frost. It stays about 4 to 5 feet tall and 3 to 4 feet wide on an upright frame with green foliage, takes full sun to partial shade, is drought tolerant once established and is hardy in zones 3 to 8. The size suits a small hedge, a mass planting or a tight spot such as beneath a windowsill, and the blooms are good for both fresh and dried arrangements. Prune in early spring.
- Full Sun
- Grows to 5 ft tall and 4 ft wide
- Blooms in summer, fall
- Hardy in USDA zones 3-8
- Deciduous foliage
Plant description
Strawberry Sundae is a compact panicle hydrangea whose flower cones emerge creamy white in midsummer and turn pink as night temperatures cool, holding that strawberry pink through fall until frost. It stays about 4 to 5 feet tall and 3 to 4 feet wide on an upright frame with green foliage, takes full sun to partial shade, is drought tolerant once established and is hardy in zones 3 to 8. The size suits a small hedge, a mass planting or a tight spot such as beneath a windowsill, and the blooms are good for both fresh and dried arrangements. Prune in early spring.
- Flowers
- Panicles emerge creamy white in midsummer and change to pink as night temperatures cool, holding strawberry pink through fall until frost.
- Foliage
- Opposite and simple, sometimes whorled near branch tips, elliptical to ovate, 3 to 6 inches long, dark green above and lighter below with a rough feel and serrate margins.
- Fruit
- A small oval dehiscent capsule under 1 inch long, brown and pink, showing in summer and fall.
- Bark & stems
- Grayish-brown bark, irregularly furrowed and shredding when mature; stems grayish-brown to reddish-brown, brittle and drooping under flower weight.
- Light
- Morning Sun
- Pruning
- Prune in early spring and apply a balanced NPK fertilizer.
- Native range
- Eastern and southern China, Japan, Sakhalin, Taiwan and the Kuril Islands
