Late Panicle Hydrangea
Prune every year in the fall after blooming, no more than 1/3 of the plant.
The Hydrangea 'Late Panicle', Hydrangea paniculata 'Tardiva', This shrub has white airy flowers that can reach 10-12" in length in late August.
Flowers will turn bronze in fall.
These plants look best when they are kept pruned to keep them thick at the base.
The flowers are a mixture of sterile and fertile flowers which gives the flowers less density and less likelihood to tip or droop.
They are hardy and will not need to be covered to flower.
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For organic disease control, try the following: test your treatments, start early in the morning, don't apply treatments in windy or wet weather, treat only when the weather is cool, make sure you are covered up.
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