Plant: Puffer Fish® Panicle Hydrangea
Hydrangea · Hydrangea paniculata 'Puffer Fish'
Size: 3 gal
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More about this plant
A compact shrub with a dense, erect and rounded habit reaching about 3 to 5 feet tall and wide, developed by Dr. Tom Ranney at NC State. Large clusters of white flowers nearly cover the plant in summer and mature to lime green, and because the florets are sterile they set no seed while fresh blooms can keep emerging from the aging clusters. The deep green leaves are simple, opposite and serrate, and mature bark is dark brown to gray, furrowed and shredding. Grow it in full to partial sun in fertile, well drained soil, and use it as a specimen, a hedge, or a foundation and border shrub.
- Full Sun
- Grows to 5 ft tall and 5 ft wide
- Blooms in summer
- Hardy in USDA zones 3-8
- Deciduous foliage
Plant description
A compact shrub with a dense, erect and rounded habit reaching about 3 to 5 feet tall and wide, developed by Dr. Tom Ranney at NC State. Large clusters of white flowers nearly cover the plant in summer and mature to lime green, and because the florets are sterile they set no seed while fresh blooms can keep emerging from the aging clusters. The deep green leaves are simple, opposite and serrate, and mature bark is dark brown to gray, furrowed and shredding. Grow it in full to partial sun in fertile, well drained soil, and use it as a specimen, a hedge, or a foundation and border shrub.
- Flowers
- Large clusters of white flowers nearly cover the shrub in summer and mature to lime green, sometimes producing new blooms from the aging clusters. The flowers are sterile and set no seed.
- Foliage
- Deep green leaves with serrated margins and a pointed apex.
- Fruit
- A capsule; the flowers are sterile and do not produce seed.
- Bark & stems
- Grayish-brown, irregularly furrowed and shredding when mature.
- Pruning
- Blooms on new wood; prune in late winter to early spring if needed.
