Select Hydrangea paniculata Cultivars

Cultivar
Height
Comments
Brussels Lace 6 to 7 feet Dense, ball-shaped shrub; inflorescence has large number of yellowish beige fertile flowers; scattered off-white florets; blooms late July; sterile florets become spotted with pink at end of flowering season
Floribunda   Primarily fertile flowers with a sprinkling of showy flowers
Greenspire   12" inflorescence of greenish white flowers that become pink-tinged; sterile and fertile flowers with leaves mixed in; best grown in partial shade; turns green at end of flower season (July to September)
Melody 10 to 13 feet Up to 14" off-white inflorescence on thrusting, slender branches; 7" width; sparse number of sterile florets; blooms mid-July through September
Pee Wee 4 to 5 feet Lacy white flowers in mid to late summer; compact mound habit; medium green leaves
Tardiva 10 to 15 feet 6" inflorescence; sepals are mostly in 4s; ray flowers are smaller than most cultivars; blooms in September
Unique 10 to 13 feet 16" inflorescence of large, pure white sterile florets and rounded sepals