| Scientific Name: | Hydrangea paniculata |
| Common Name: | pee gee hydrangea |
| Family Name: | Hydrangeaceae |
| Origin: | S.E. Asia / Japan / China |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 3: (-40 to -34 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Shrub - deciduous |
| Mature Size: | 2 - 3m x 2 - 3m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Arching, Spreading, Stiffly upright, Twiggy |
| Form: | Round, Vase |
| Texture: | Medium - coarse |
| Landscape Uses: | Accent plant, Cut flower or foliage, Dried flower or fruit, Fall interest, Group or mass planting, Mixed shrub border, Specimen plant, Tall background |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Filtered shade |
| Soil or Media: | Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Opposite, Whorled, Heavily veined, Pinnate venation, Glabrous, Elliptic, Serrate |
| Flowers: | Thyrse, White, Pink, Jul-Aug-Sep |
| Fruit: | Capsule, Brown, Oct-Nov, (Persistent) |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Twiggy; leaves opposite or whorled near branch tips (3 per node), ovate-elliptical, most blades 5-14cm long x 4-6cm wide, margins mostly serrate (entire towards base), petioles 1-3cm long; inflorescences panicle-like (thryse), cone-shaped, 15-22cm long x 10-27cm wide; florets either bisexual (7-9mm wide, 5 petals ~3mm long) or sterile outer forets with 4 broadly elliptical to ovate petal-like sepals 1-2.5cm long x 0.5-1.5cm wide. Winter ID: lenticels rounded; buds tiny and in whorls of 3; large, persistent conical inflorescences (if not pruned). | |