Common Name: ‘Limelight’ Panicle Hydrangea
Latin Name: Hydrangea paniculata ‘Limelight’
Brand: Proven Winners® ColorChoice®
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Mature Height: 6–8 ft
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Mature Width: 6–8 ft
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Sun Exposure: Part sun to sun (full sun in cooler climates; afternoon shade in hotter regions)
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Cold Hardiness Zone: USDA Zones 3–9
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Habit: Large, mounded/upright deciduous shrub with strong stems
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Foliage: Clean medium-green leaves; good substance through summer
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Flower: Huge football-shaped panicles open celadon green, aging to pink/red/burgundy from late summer into fall; excellent fresh or dried
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Soil pH: Adaptable; color is not pH-dependent (best in moderately acidic to neutral soils, ~5.5–7.5)
Description:
A time-tested landscape icon, ‘Limelight’ delivers massive, long-lasting panicles that start a chic celadon green in summer and deepen to pink, red, and burgundy into fall. Exceptionally reliable and cold-hardy, it blooms on new wood every year, holds its flowers proudly on sturdy stems, and brings four-season value as a specimen, hedge, or cut-flower workhorse.
Care Tips:
Plant in well-drained soil; water regularly the first season, then as needed (avoid soggy sites). Provide full sun to part sun; in warm climates, give afternoon shade. Prune in late winter or early spring—cut back by about one-third to shape and encourage vigorous new growth. A spring application of a granular shrub/rose fertilizer is optional.
Landscape Uses:
Flowering hedge or screen, specimen, backdrop in mixed borders, large containers, cutting and drying gardens, foundation plantings.
