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Limelight Panicled Hydrangea

Tagged as: Hydrangea

Botanical Name: Hydrangea paniculata 'Limelight'

Common Name: Limelight Panicled Hydrangea

Updated 5/2012

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Height: 6-8' Spread: 6-8' Habit/form:  Mounded Growth Rate: Fast  Zone: 4-8

Cultural Requirements: Prefers full sun to part shade and moist, well-drained soil; blooms on new growth so it can be pruned in late winter or early spring.

Ornamental Characteristics: In July, creamy white flower clusters, up to 8 inches across, emerge on strong, upright stems. As flower clusters mature, their color changes from creamy white lime-green in summer, rosy pink in fall and beige in winter. Medium green leaves turn attractive shades of red in fall.

Landscape Use: As a specimen, in groups, in a mixed border.

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