1/4/2024 0 Comments Hydrangea quickfireBlue-blooming leadwort makes a nice massed underplanting in afternoon-shade areas. * Great partner: Catmint, salvia or dwarf Russian sage are good perennials around the base in sunny areas. Water needed only in very hot, dry weather after regular watering the first season to establish the roots. Scatter granular organic or slow-acting fertilizer in April. If you’re pruning as a tree, remove any new shoots from the base, remove lower branches to clear trunk, then cut back remaining canopy into a tight ball. Thin out and cut back stems by one third to one half (even more to maintain a smaller plant). Does fine in even full, direct summer sun but also blooms in half-day sun. But a line of them also makes a striking flowering hedge when planted 5 or 6 feet apart along a fence or property line. * Where to use: Great specimen for a house corner or a bed or border centerpiece. There’s also a Little Quick Fire variety that grows in the 4- to 5-foot range if the full-size Quick Fire is too big. Can be pruned into a single-stem small tree or treated as a mid-sized flowering shrub. Quick Fire is the earliest of this type to bloom, starting two to four weeks sooner than the species. This shrub (like the larger Quick Fire Hydrangea) are one of the first hydrangeas to bloom, often a. * What it is: A panicle type of hydrangea, also known as a hardy hydrangea, that gets showy masses of big, white cone-shaped flowers that turn to a rosy-white bicolor and then to darker rose from early summer into fall. The Little Quick Fire Hydrangea lives up to its name. Quick Fire Fab hydrangea shares the same super-early bloom time as the original and classic Quick Fire, but instead of open, lacecap flowers, it boasts big, thick mophead blooms. If you have a bare spot in your garden bed, and need something to fill in but not be a focal point, this plant might fit the bill.* Botanical name: Hydrangea paniculata ‘Bulk’ I live near the Washington State border and am in a 6 zone, with typical Pacific Northwest weather patterns. This plant does like frequent watering (my soil dries out quickly) and a spring slow release fertilizer is a good idea. 07460 Quick Fire blooms about a month before other Hardy Hydrangea varieties and flowers every year Flowers open white then turn pink as summer progresses. The flower color on Quick Fire hydrangea is not affected by soil pH. Flowers open pure white then turn pink, and will be an extremely dark rosy-pink in the fall. My more established plant gets solid morning sun and seems happy with that the newer plant I put in last year is getting noon to mid-afternoon sun and isn't as happy, so I will probably move it. Quick Fire hydrangea blooms about a month before any other panicle hydrangea - usually by 4th of July in our West Michigan trial gardens. The flowers seem to be a cross of lace-cap and panicle - not really strong in either category. Quick Fire has a more compact habit at the same height. Overall, this seems to be relatively hardy plant but be aware it's quite twiggy - a quick clean up is all that is needed. I really like the initial creamy white flowers but am not too excited about the duller pinkish hue. These flowers do not deliver a focal point appeal with intense colors, but offer more of an overall blending. ![]() I'm happy with the size, but the flowers are verging on being just ok. A dwarf plant with truly amazing blooms, Fire Light Tidbit ® panicle hydrangea pulls more than its own weight. I don't have room for a large, showier snowball and I was drawn to "Little Quick Fire" with the white flowers turning pink as summer progresses. My first one was planted 4 years ago as I wanted a smaller, dwarf hydrangea with white flowers. Hydrangea paniculata Quick Fire (Bulk) Proven Winners ColorChoice Flowers open white, then change to pink, and finally to a dark rosy-pink in the fall. ![]() I have 2 of these purchased from a local, independent garden center.
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