A rare flower is able to decorate a site as brightly and effectively as a panicle hydrangea. Its lush inflorescences attract attention from afar, and enchant with their beauty up close. The plant easily tolerates cold climates and thrives in our gardens. The most common flowers are white, pink and reddish. It is about the varieties of panicle hydrangea with photos and names that we will tell in more detail today!
1. Grandiflora
The most popular variety, which is loved for its voluminous pyramidal inflorescences up to 30 cm in size. White petals turn pink over time, and towards autumn they acquire a greenish-red hue.
2. Floribunda
Hydrangea Floribunda is not the tallest, but blooms very profusely. Paniculate inflorescences are painted in a delicate cream shade, but gradually the flowers turn pink.
3. Magic Candle
The Magic Candle has lush inflorescences and an equally dense crown with long, toothed leaves. Cream flowers in the shade turn a little green, and by the end of flowering they traditionally change their shade to pink, although the middle often remains greenish.
4. Brussels Leys
This variety looks very delicate and decorative due to the characteristic shape of the flowers. Another feature of Brussels Leis is brown, almost burgundy shoots.
5. Bobo
Dwarf panicle hydrangea has been repeatedly recognized as one of the best varieties. It can even be grown in containers on the terrace, but requires partial shade. Bobo's petals are pale yellow in color, but also turn pink over time.
6. Pinky Winky
For ten years now, this variety has been confidently held in the top of the best among experienced gardeners. He not only has beautiful flowers, but also a very neat bush shape, and also an original purple shade of leaves in autumn.
7. Matilda
Hydrangea Matilda is one of the most fragrant varieties among all paniculate varieties. It grows up to 2 m, and inflorescences up to 25 cm consist of large flowers with variable color.
8. Vanilla Fries
One of the brightest pink varieties - also one of the fastest growing. Due to the fact that the flowers can be white or crimson, the inflorescences appear to be painted in a gradient.
9. Dolly
Compact hydrangea rarely grows more than 1.5 m, but it is very strong and completely unpretentious. Powerful shoots easily withstand large sterile inflorescences.
10. Pink Diamond
Unlike other hydrangeas, Pink Diamond's white flowers turn reddish over time. The variety itself is quite compact, and grows on average up to 1.5 m, although sometimes there are specimens of 2.5 m.
11. Great Star
The inflorescences of Great Star are distinguished by a bizarre shape, because they consist of very different sterile and fertile flowers. Sterile ones seem to float above fertile ones on long legs and resemble a small propeller.
12. Weems Red
The inflorescences of Weems Red are not so lush, but very long and unusual, because they change color not to pink, but to a rich burgundy. Another interesting feature of the variety is its delicate honey aroma.
13. Silver Dollar
The tall hydrangea grows rapidly and blooms in large inflorescences. At first they are painted in a white-greenish tint, but later they become pink with a silvery sheen.
14. Magic Fire
Magic Fire is another compact variety of panicle hydrangea with small inflorescences that grow up to only 15 cm. But it is very bright and beautiful when it begins to change its shade to purple.
15. Diamond Rouge
Although it is a compact variety, large inflorescences easily grow up to 40 cm.Other panicle hydrangeas do not have such a bright red-crimson shade!
16. Darts Little Dot
The small variety barely reaches 1 m with its slender brownish shoots.The inflorescences are proportionally small, but the Darts Little Dot hydrangea looks very original against the background of tall relatives.
17. Phantom
The Phantom variety is very much appreciated for its lush flowering, even for a panicle hydrangea. The flower petals are slightly different in shape and attract with a charming honey scent.
18. Kyushu
The hydrangea Kyushu has not only an unusual name, but also wide compact inflorescences. Snow-white fragrant flowers look spectacular among glossy green leaves with burgundy petioles.
19. Baby Lace
It is a very young and very compact variety that impresses with its abundant flowering. The flowers are not large, but there are a lot of them, so that the paniculate inflorescences resemble real torches.
20. Fries Melba
One of the young varieties appeared on the market not much more than 5 years ago, but it is already loved for its lush spreading crowns. Fryz Melba grows slower than other hydrangeas, but its color iridescence fully compensates for minor inconveniences.
21. Limelight
The name of the variety reflects its unusual yellow-green lemon color. True, in the sun, Limelight inflorescences become snow-white and turn pink over time.
22. Tardiva
A tall variety up to 3 m tall refers to late flowering, but grows quickly. The inflorescences are not too large and loose, but beautiful and abundant.
23. Prim White
An early flowering variety blooms already in late spring, so it ideally decorates the garden while the others ripen. If you properly care for and cut the Prim White hydrangea on time, you can get a second flowering by the end of the season.
24. Little Lime
A delicate variety of panicle hydrangea with compact inflorescences that resembles Limelight, but its shade is more of a pistachio. In bright sun, the flowers bloom in a pale light green color, but do not completely turn white.
25. Unique
Medium hydrangea is another flavorful variety that would definitely make it into the top five. The Unique variety has snow-white sterile flowers in wide inflorescences up to 25 cm.