Fire Light Hydrangea Tree Form
This hydrangea is resistant to air pollution and is also extremely cold.
Fire light hydrangea tree form. It showcases white cone shaped blooms that emerge about a month earlier than other hydrangeas and will literally cover the plant with 8 12 blooms in lat may or early june. Its thick sturdy stems hold up the beautiful flowers so they are prominently displayed in the garden. Plant it near the center of the pot surrounded by smaller plants and those that spill over the edges. Blooms emerge creamy white and age to a vivid red for lots of summer color.
We developed this easy to grow reliable panicle hydrangea in michigan selecting it for its huge full flower heads and sturdy strong stems. Fire light hydrangea hydrangea paniculata smhpfl fire light is covered with panicle flowers that actually change color over the growing season. Upright panicles are packed with florets which transform from pure white in summer to rich pomegranate pink in late summer to fall. Starting as creamy white in summer the individual florets that make up each panicle cluster transition to a.
Tree form hydrangea paniculata. Its strikingly bold and coarse texture can be very effective in a balanced landscape composition. The fire light hydrangea will brighten up any landscape with its beautiful pink red blooms that blossom in the summer. Prune top growth after transplanting to reduce water loss.
Fire light is the standard to measure all panicle hydrangeas. It has many arching branches with large green leaves making a dense rounded form. Young plants may be transplanted when dormant in early spring. Fire and ice hydrangea is a multi stemmed deciduous shrub with an upright spreading habit of growth.
Hydrangea paniculata fire light. Prune in early spring removing lower suckers and up to half the older top growth. A panicle hydrangea with pizzazz panicle hydrangeas have pyramidal cone shaped flowers that are produced on deciduous upright plants. The firelight hydrangea is a medium sized multi stemmed shrub growing anywhere from 4 to 6 feet tall and spreading about the same distance across.
Quick fire tree form hydrangea is a great new selection of hydrangea for the upper midwest. The flower color on quick fire hydrangea is not affected by soil ph. Sku 8994 fire light is the new standard to measure all hardy hydrangeas. The fire light hydrangea is not only known for its beauty but also for its resilience.
This is a high maintenance shrub that will require regular care and upkeep and is best pruned in late winter once the threat of extreme cold has passed. Quick fire hydrangea blooms about a month before any other panicle hydrangea usually by 4th of july in our west michigan trial gardens. Flowers open pure white then turn pink and will be an extremely dark rosy pink in the fall.