White Wedding Hydrangea
Hydrangea paniculata Hybrid ‘LeeP1’ PP28973
Plant Details
USDA Plant Hardiness Zones: 3a-8b Find Your Zone
Plant Type: Deciduous Flowering Shrub
Height at Maturity: 5-6′
Width at Maturity: 4-5′
Spacing: 4′ for solid hedges; 10′ or more for space between plants
Growth Habit / Form: Dense, Rounded, Upright
Flower Color: White
Flower Size: Large – 8-10 inches long
Flowering Period: Summer into Fall
Flower Type: Single in large clusters
Fragrant Flowers: No
Foliage Color: Green
Fragrant Foliage: No
Berries: NA
Berry Color: NA
Sun Needs: Full Sun in North, Part Shade in South
Water Needs: Average, low when established
Soil Type: Clay (amended), Loam, Sand (amended), Silt
Soil Moisture / Drainage: Well Drained Moist
Soil pH: 6.0 – 8.0 (Moderately Acid to Moderately Alkaline)
Maintenance / Care: Very Low
Attracts: Visual Attention
Resistances: Deer – more info, Disease, Drought (when established in part shade), Heat, Humidity, Insect, Sun
Description
As the dog days of late summer set in and most flowering plants are fading out from their summer performances, Hydrangea paniculata, commonly know by some as “peegee hydrangeas,” are just getting started and will continue into fall. The White Wedding Hydrangea produces abundant oversized, pillow-like clusters of white flowers atop sturdy stems on rounded shrubs of 5 to 6 feet in height and width. The flowers are excellent for cutting and use fresh or dried in indoor floral arrangements or for weddings.
Landscape & Garden Uses
Growing in an upright rounded form 5 to 6 feet tall and 4 to 5 feet wide, the White Wedding Hydrangea is ideal for use as a specimen, in groupings or as a very colorful natural hedge in sunny to partially shaded landscape or flowering shrub borders. An excellent candidate for pots, planters and other containers and a fine addition to Hydrangea gardens, white theme gardens, cut flower gardens and cottage gardens.
Suggested Spacing: 4 feet apart for solid hedges; 10 feet or more apart for space between plants
Note: For our customers who live and garden north of USDA Cold Hardiness Zone 4a, where this Hydrangea variety is not reliably winter hardy, you’ll be happy to know that it can be grown in containers that can be brought indoors during winter and placed back outside when temperatures warm up in spring.
Growing Preferences
The White Wedding Hydrangea is exceptionally easy to grow when planted right and in the right spot. Almost any moist but well-drained soil of average fertility will do. White Wedding can take the heat at our location here in north-central Georgia, but it’s also exceptionally cold hardy, withstanding even the coldest winter temperatures as far north as USDA Zone 4a, where it will also tolerate full, all day sun. In southern zones 7 and below it will tolerate full sun but we’ve seen it perform and look its best with some filtered sun or dappled shade during the hottest hours of summer afternoons. We suggest at least 5 hours of direct sunlight per day or all day lightly filtered sun for best flowering. Too much shade and plants become floppy with diminished flowering.
Note: White Wedding is a Hydrangea paniculata species that produces its flowers from buds that are formed on “new wood” (the current season’s growth). This means you don’t want to prune them in late spring or summer when they’re preparing to bloom.
For proper pruning time and techniques on various types of Hydrangea see: How To Prune Various Types Of Hydrangea
Helpful Articles
Click on a link below to find helpful advice from our experts on how to plant and care for Hydrangeas.
How To Plant Hydrangeas In The Ground & Pots
How To Prune Various Types Of Hydrangea
How To Fertilize And Water Hydrangeas
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My White Wedding hydrangea arrived packaged well. It was a good size, and I can’t wait until it blooms next year.————————————————-We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy it for years to come! Thanks for the great review! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG
I am so happy with the 3 white wedding hydrangeas I ordered from you. They were so healthy and they arrived faster than I could prepare my soil. They are thriving!—————————————We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy them for years to come! Thanks so much for the great review and the kind words! 🙂 Beth Steele | WBG
My White Wedding Hydrangea arrived very quickly after I placed the order. The plant was in very good shape as the boxing was very protective. I would feel good about any future orders I would want to make.—————————————–We are so glad you are pleased with your purchase! Thanks for the great review! Beth | WBG 🙂
Hey. Came packed, great!! It’s planted and next year I’ll send a pic for you.
Lost a lot of leaves but it’s growing new leaves and I have one flower. I’m happy and
satisfied….—————————————–We are so glad you are pleased with your purchase! Thanks for the great review! Look forward to seeing pictures! Beth | WBG 🙂
Lost a lot of leaves but it’s growing new leaves and I have one flower. I’m happy and
satisfied….—————————————–We are so glad you are pleased with your purchase! Thanks for the great review! Look forward to seeing pictures! Beth | WBG 🙂
Plants arrived in excellent condition. I planted them immediately and they are thriving. I am so glad I found you on the internet. I am waiting for you to get more of these hydrangeas in stock so I can repurchase. Thanks!———————————Hi Billie Jean, Thanks so much for taking the time to provide your review of the White Wedding Hydrangea. We are so glad you are pleased and we hope you enjoy them for years to come! Thanks for the kind words! And if you haven’t already you can put your name on the waiting list on that plant page, and we will notify when they are back in stock. 🙂
Beth Steele | Wilson Bros Gardens
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