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Hydrangea paniculata 'Meehan'
Common name:
Meehan panicle hydrangea
Family:
Hydrangeaceae (hydrangea family)
Distribution:
Species native to e. Asia
Hardiness:
USDA Zone 4
Life form:
Deciduous shrub/Subshrub
Comments:
This is a compact form of the late panicle hydrangea reaching only 5' tall by 5' wide rarely seen outside of botanical gardens and arboreta. A dense, twiggy shrub with stems and leaves decidedly finer textured than is typical of the species. Leaves are about a third to half the size of the species, 1½-3" long, opposite, simple and medium green in summer changing to yellow in autumn. Flowers are hemispherical in shape and composed largely of sterile, outer florets with only a small percentage of fertile, inner florets, 4-6" wide. Use as an accent plant or in the shrub border.
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AZA: AY15
(AY15)
• Accession: D2012-0264.001 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
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Individual