Profile Video: See this plant in the following landscapes: Flower Bonanza Garden Border Garden- Pathway Flower Bonanza Garden Storage Cottage Hydrangeas in the Garden Cultivars / Varieties: VIDEO created by Andy Pulte for “Landscape Plant Identification, Taxonomy and Morphology” a plant identification course offered by the Department of Plant Sciences, University of Tennessee. It is susceptible to damage by deer and has brittle stems that are easily wind damaged. Some susceptibility to leaf spot, rust, mildew, bud blight, and bacterial wilt. Insects, Diseases and Other Plant Problems: Aphids and mites occasionally visit but are rarely a problem.
They are shallow-rooted and will benefit from a 2-3″ layer of compost or mulch. It can be severely pruned in late winter or spring, as it blooms on the current season's new growth, not on the woody stems formed during the previous year. These hydrangeas are more tolerant of sun than other varieties but prefer morning sun and afternoon shade.
It works well as a hedge or grouped in a woodland garden setting. Blossoms appear from July-September when few other landscape plants are blooming and the large ovate leaves turn an attractive yellow color in the fall. It is one of the most winter-hardy of the hydrangeas and thrives in urban conditions and is more drought tolerant than other hydrangeas. It has upright, spreading, irregular, semi-arching branches and is a very tough, dependable, rapidly growing, air pollution tolerant plant. Panicle hydrangea is most commonly a multi-stemmed deciduous shrub but can also be trained to grow as a small single-trunk tree. Phonetic Spelling hy-DRAN-jee-ah pan-ick-yoo-LAY-tuh This plant has low severity poison characteristics.