The star of our property… a Panicle type Hydrangea, known as Limelight or PeeGee. This is one to swoon over! Some call it the “black thumb hydrangea” because you can grow it even if you lack a green thumb! #hydrangea #paniclehydrangea #limelight #showstopper #cutflowers #garden | Life at the Nest

I love the idea of putting a panicle hydrangea in front of a high window. At the height of the growing season, the flowers on the hydrangeas, are going to come up above the height of the windowsill. Just like I have in my house, I get to see those beautiful, big limelight hydrangeas from the front windows, all the way back through the dining room, and into my kitchen. This house faces East, which is a great direction to plant a hydrangea, since the house will shade it from hot west afternoon sun

Any panicle hydrangea, which are woody shrubs like a limelight (this one),� responds very well to a major haircut. They actually tend to do better and when you make a cut, usually three new branches sprout. You can control the size of these plants and they can grow up to two feet in a season so bringing them way down is sometimes not even enough to contain them to a limited space. These clients had to prune this tree this way because it was damaged and it actually fell over it was in such rough

There are 6 types of hydrangeas. This... - The Garden of Eden

This is one of the most confusing plants for plants! This kind of hydrangea is a macrophylla, or big leaf variety. There are several other types of hydrangeas, including panicale, arborescens (ilke Incrediball and Annabelle), and climbing hydrangeas). Within this category there are serrata (a category) and other hybrids, such as Endless Summer (a trademarked hybrid). Some people cover them with burlap. I don't have time or interest in that but I've heard that can help protect them from the cold.

I post a lot of hydrangea content but I’m still getting a lot of questions so I’m just going to keep going! 😆 This kind of hydrangea is a macrophylla. (The “Old wood” type). New growth is coming in on the bottom and the buds that formed last year are the flowers for this year. I don’t think any of these are active because of a major cold snap but maybe we’ll be surprised. I waited a while to see what was going to happen to mine and chopped them back a few days ago because there was no buds gree