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Hydrangea paniculata 'Nana'

Dwarf Panicle Hydrange

Plant Type:

DECIDUOUS SHRUBS

Hydrangea paniculata ‘Nana’ (ex: Nickou’) – We love this dwarf Panicle Hydrangea. Panicles are pure white, puffy domes on a shrub that can grow 4 to 5 feet tall and wide, up to 6 feet in an especially conducive year. Panicles are normal-sized which makes them appear extra-large on a smaller shrub. Flowers age rose pink and finally in autumn dry to warm brown where they adorn the ends of stems all through the winter. More so than many selections the profuse dried flower heads are persistent until the following spring for us. It's not to the taste and aesthetic of everyone but we love the persistence of the panicles; when traced with new snow they are a knockout. Some folks cut the panicles in late summer, hang them to dry in a cool, airy place and use them indoors in dried autumn arrangements. As this shrub blooms on new wood it can be cut back to lower leaf buds in late winter. Site Hydrangea paniculata ‘Nana’ in full to part sun planted in fertile draining soil. Panicle Hydrangea demonstrates some drought tolerance once established. Established potted shrub, cutting grown.


 


Height:

4-6 ft

Spread:

4-6 ft

Colors:

White

Characteristics and Attributes for Hydrangea paniculata 'Nana'

Season of Interest (Flowering)

  • Summer / Late Summer

Season of Interest (Foliage)

  • Spring / Summer / into Autumn

Autumn Interest

  • Fruit / Berries / Seed Heads

Light

  • Full Sun
  • Mostly Sunny

Attributes

  • Drought Tolerant
  • Hedgerow
  • Cutting Garden
  • Shrub Border
  • Hedge

Growth Rate in the Garden

  • Moderately Fast

Soil

  • Draining
  • Fertile
  • Average

Origins

  • Garden Origin

Propagated By

  • Cutting Grown

Genus Overview: Hydrangea paniculata

Common Name: Panicle Hydrangea

Hydrangea paniculata. The Panicle Hydrangea is an easy, tough shrub. Blooming on new wood in the mid/late season garden for many weeks on end it exhibits fair drought tolerance once it settles into the landscape. Large cone-shaped white flowers become infused with rose pink as they age. They will turn brown in autumn and as in the case of 'Nana' hang on through the winter for an extra season on interest. Site in full to half sun planted in any good garden soil that drains. All we sell are established shrubs from cuttings. All are a manageable size to easily get them settled into your landscape. The specie's native range is China and Japan.