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Hardiness: USDA Zone 3a: to -39.9 °C (-40 °F) USDA Zone 3b: to -37.2 °C (-35 °F) USDA Zone 4a: to -34.4 °C (-30 °F) USDA Zone 4b: to -31.6 °C (-25 °F) USDA Zone 5a: to -28.8 °C (-20 °F) USDA Zone 5b: to -26.1 °C (-15 °F) USDA Zone 6a: to -23.3 °C (-10 °F) USDA Zone 6b: to -20.5 °C (-5 °F) USDA Zone 7a: to -17.7 °C (0 °F) USDA Zone 7b: to -14.9 °C (5 °F) USDA Zone 8a: to -12.2 °C (10 °F) USDA Zone 8b: to -9.4 °C (15 °F) USDA Zone 9a: to -6.6 °C (20 °F) USDA Zone 9b: to -3.8 °C (25 °F)
Sun Exposure: Sun to Partial Shade
Danger: Parts of plant are poisonous if ingested
Bloom Color: White/Near White
Bloom Time: Mid Summer Late Summer/Early Fall
Foliage: Bronze-Green
Other details: Average Water Needs; Water regularly; do not overwater
Soil pH requirements: 5.6 to 6.0 (acidic) 6.1 to 6.5 (mildly acidic)
Propagation Methods: From softwood cuttings
Seed Collecting: N/A: plant does not set seed, flowers are sterile, or plants will not come true from seed
(Tigard, Oregon) My baby thrived in my new flower beds. She gave me many many blooms, and even though she bloomed pure white, her blooms changed to a greenish/purple color when the flower matured. Full sun, but we found that her leaves take to looking as if she has a blight if she gets water on her leaves. Otherwise, a GORGEOUS addition to our sanctuary.
Doesn't do well in central MS. Easy to grow from cuttings just stuck into the ground. Just doesn't want to bloom for me no matter what, and I've given it 3-4 years and plenty of sun. Don't kow if it is the heat or what, but I've read elsewhere that it is a cooler-weather plant.
On Oct 19, 2004, lmelling from Ithaca, NY (Zone 5b) wrote:
A wonderful shrub (or tree depending on how it's grown) that is easy to care for and keeps on giving back!. I have ours planted in moist locations in semi-shade. Blooms on "old" wood. Do not prune back except when you are cutting blooms for arrangements in early fall - if you prune in spring you will remove all the flower buds that would blossom in fall.
I have added several PG hydrangeas to my garden so that I may use the blooms in dried arrangements. Here in zone 5, this particular hydrangea comes into bloom in August and is ready for harvesting of the blooms in mid to late September - after they have changed from white to a rosy color with green undertones. They make wonderful arrangements to put in a vase and enjoy all winter long! To dry, simply cut when the blooms have taken on the colors above and feel a bit "papery" to the touch, then arrange in a vase. No need to add water. Just make sure you cut the stems long enough to suit what you're doing.
On Mar 13, 2001, Terry from Murfreesboro, TN (Zone 7a) wrote:
A deciduous shrub commonly referred to as "peegee" in reference to its name, H. paniculata produces flowers in erect panicles 3-10" tall. Blooms in early summer, flowers are initially white, aging to pink then to rust in autumn. The flowers can be used in dried arrangements.
Unlike H. macrophylla, soil pH will not affect color of blooms. Plant in well-drained average garden soil.
Peegee hydrangea blooms on new growth, so pruning should be done in late winter or early spring.
Regional...
This plant has been said to grow in the following regions:
Juneau, Alaska Bay, Arkansas Merced, California Washington, District Of Columbia Fountain, Florida Marietta, Georgia Hanna City, Illinois Peoria, Illinois Kokomo, Indiana Fancy Farm, Kentucky Uxbridge, Massachusetts Clarkston, Michigan Marine City, Michigan Waterford, Michigan Minneapolis, Minnesota New Madrid, Missouri Ithaca, New York Monsey, New York Belfield, North Dakota Elyria, Ohio Glouster, Ohio Lewisburg, Ohio Newport, Oregon Portland, Oregon Mercer, Pennsylvania New Castle, Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Tunkhannock, Pennsylvania Vandergrift, Pennsylvania Conway, South Carolina Edgefield, South Carolina Crossville, Tennessee Dowelltown, Tennessee Knoxville, Tennessee Memphis, Tennessee (2 reports) Houston, Texas Nacogdoches, Texas Shelburne, Vermont Dallesport, Washington Olympia, Washington Beckley, West Virginia East Troy, Wisconsin
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