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Hydrangea paniculata
Also called Panicle hydrangea, Peegee Hydrangea, Paniculate Hydrangea
Panicled hydrangea is a deciduous shrub or small tree grown for its large, late-summer cone-shaped flower clusters that open creamy white and age to two tones. It is pruned in spring to encourage bigger flower heads.
Hydrangea paniculata, or panicled hydrangea, is a species of flowering plant in the family Hydrangeaceae native to southern and eastern China, Korea, Japan and Russia (Sakhalin). It was first formally described by Philipp Franz von Siebold in 1829.
In cultivation it is pruned in spring to obtain larger flower heads.
Numerous cultivars have been developed for ornamental use, of which the following have gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit:
Hydrangea paniculata is sometimes smoked as an intoxicant, despite the danger of illness and/or death due to the cyanide present as cyanogenic glycosides.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Hydrangea paniculata by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
