Hydrangea Limelight

Hydrangea Limelight offers huge, football-shaped flower panicles that open celadon-lime green, soften to creamy white, and age to shades of pink, red and burgundy. Its large, rounded mounding habit makes it a useful choice for a specimen, flowering hedge, garden backdrop, or cut-flower planting. Plant it in full sun to part shade; afternoon shade is helpful in Zone 8b. Water needs: average to even moisture in well-drained soil. Typical mature size is 6–8 ft tall by 6–8 ft wide, although growth varies with climate, soil, pruning and care. Available for local pickup from Towns Edge Nursery.

Plant details

• Botanical name: Hydrangea paniculata 'Limelight'
• Light: Full sun to part shade; afternoon shade is helpful in Zone 8b
• USDA zones: 3–9
• Mature height: 6–8 ft
• Mature width: 6–8 ft
• Foliage: Deciduous
• Bloom / feature color: Lime green aging to cream, pink, red and burgundy
• Bloom / interest season: Summer through fall
• Water: Average to even moisture; well-drained soil
• Growth habit: Large, rounded and mounding
• Landscape uses: Specimen, flowering hedge, garden backdrop, cut or dried flower
• Deer tolerance: Susceptible to deer browsing

Plant size and performance vary with climate, soil, pruning and care.