| Description | 'Phantom' Hydrangea (Hydrangea paniculata) has some of the largest flowers of the H. paniculata cultivars. |
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| Pronunciation | (hy-DRAIN-juh)(pan-ick-yoo-LAY-tuh) |
| Plant Type | Shrubs Deciduous |
| Hardiness Zone | 4-8 |
| Sunlight | full sun, mostly sunny, part sun |
| Moisture | average, moist |
| Soil & Site | average |
| Flowers | large, white, pyramidal panicles (somewhat cone shaped) |
| Fruit | small capsules, tiny seeds |
| Leaves | coarse, green |
| Stems | gray brown bark, develops furrows with age |
| Dimensions | 8 by 8 feet, size easily controlled by pruning |
| Maintenance | The blooms are formed on the new wood. Pruning in the fall or early spring will produce lots of new wood. At this time you can control the height,spread and shape of the plant, by the amount that is pruned. I like to use a pruning shears not hedge shears. With pruning shears I can better control the shape and the cuts are more precise. |
| Notes & Reference | #01-Manual of Woody Landscape Plants (Michael Dirr) #85-Hydrangeas for American Gardens (Michael Dirr) #135-Hydrangea "A Gardner's Guide"(Tonis Lawson Hall, Brian Rothera) |
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