Plant: Southern Living® White Wedding - Hydrangea
Hydrangea · Hydrangea paniculata 'LeeP1'
Size: 3 gal
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More about this plant
A Southern Living Plant Collection panicle hydrangea of about 4 to 6 feet tall and 3 to 5 feet wide. Sturdy upright branches support large, pillow like white blooms through the summer, and it holds up equally well as a cut flower or in the ground. Give it full sun and medium moisture in well drained soil. Its size and shape suit an accent planting, a container, an informal hedge, a mass planting or a woodland garden edge.
- Full Sun
- Grows to 6 ft tall and 5 ft wide
- Blooms in summer
- Hardy in USDA zones 4-9
- Deciduous foliage
Plant description
A Southern Living Plant Collection panicle hydrangea of about 4 to 6 feet tall and 3 to 5 feet wide. Sturdy upright branches support large, pillow like white blooms through the summer, and it holds up equally well as a cut flower or in the ground. Give it full sun and medium moisture in well drained soil. Its size and shape suit an accent planting, a container, an informal hedge, a mass planting or a woodland garden edge.
- Flowers
- Large, pillow like white blooms held on sturdy upright branches in summer.
- Foliage
- Opposite, simple, oval to ovate leaves, dark green above and lighter beneath, with serrate margins.
- Fruit
- A small brownish-pink dehiscent capsule, under 1 inch, showing in summer and fall.
- Bark & stems
- Grayish-brown, irregularly furrowed and shredding when mature.
- Light
- Morning Sun
- Pruning
- Can be pruned severely in late winter or spring since it blooms on new growth.
- Native range
- Eastern and southern China, Japan, Sakhalin, Taiwan and Kuril Island
