PROVEN WINNERS Limelight Prime Panicle Hydrangea Paniculata Instructions
- June 9, 2024
- PROVEN WINNERS
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Limelight Prime® Panicle Hydrangea
Hydrangea paniculata
Limelight Prime Panicle Hydrangea Paniculata
Limelight Prime Hydrangea is an improved, more refined ‘Limelight’, with darker leaves, stronger stems, a more compact habit, and upright growth. It makes a great container plant. The blooms emerge a vivid lime-green and maintain that color until they transition into a bubblegum pink and then a deep punch pink. It also makes an excellent cut flower, fresh or dried. It is drought tolerant and blooms every year, even in cold climates. blooms much earlier, creating a longer display.
- Bolder, brighter color. As the green blooms age, they develop pink and red tones that are far more vivid and showy than conventional panicle hydrangeas.
- Stronger stems. The strong stems are strong and you can count on Limelight Prime to hold its big blooms up all summer long.
- Useful smaller size. Limelight Prime reaches a very garden- and landscapefriendly 4-6’/1.2-1.8m tall and 4-5’/1.2-1.5m wide.
You can count on Limelight Prime hydrangea to produce dozens of big,
beautiful, mop head blooms every year, even in cold climates. It also makes a
fantastic cut flower, both fresh and dried. And it’s still one of the easiest
to grow, most rewarding hydrangeas you can plant.
Long Blooming; Fall Interest; Deadheading Not Necessary
CHARACTERISTICS
Plant Type: Shrub
Shrub Type: Deciduous
Height Category : Medium
Garden Height: 48 – 72 Inches
Spacing: 48 – 60 Inches
Spread: 48 – 60 Inches
Flower Colors: Green; Pink; Red
Flower Shade: Green, turning bright pink and red shades in fall
Foliage Colors: Green
Foliage Shade : Green
Habit: Upright
Container Role : Thriller
PLANT NEEDS
Light Requirement: Part Sun to Sun; Sun
Maintenance Category: Easy
Blooms On: New Wood
Bloom Time: Early Summer; Mid-Summer; Late Summer
Hardiness Zones: 3a, 3b, 4a, 4b, 5a, 5b, 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b
Water Category: Average; Needs Good Drainage
Soil Fertility Requirement: Average Soil
Soil PH Category: Acidic Soil; Alkaline Soil; Neutral Soil
Uses: Border Plant; Container; Cut Flower; Dried Flower; Good for
Screening; Landscape; Mass Planting; Specimen or Focal Point
Uses Notes:
Limelight Prime hydrangea is an excellent choice for a commanding specimen or
flowering hedge. It’s also nice as a backdrop for a garden, or as the
centerpiece of a perennial or flower garden.
Maintenance Notes:
Prune by cutting back the main branches by one-third in late winter or early
spring. You may also prune in late fall, once it has gone completely dormant,
if desired.
Panicle hydrangeas require well-drained soil. As such, we do not recommend
amending the soil when you plant them.
Fertilize in early spring (just as the ground begins to thaw in cold climates)
if desired, using a granular rose fertilizer. You may fertilize monthly
through late July for more rapid growth, but this is not necessary for a
healthy, abundantly-blooming plant.
Limelight Prime® Hydrangea paniculata ‘SMNHPPH’ USPP 32,511, Can PBRAF