Scientific name: Hydrangea paniculata
Common name: panicled hydrangea
Native: No
Native range: Native to China and Japan, but is a common ornamental across the globe [1,2].
Distribution in North America: Click to view the USDA Plants Database page for H. paniculata.
USDA Zones: 4-8A [1]
Maximum age: Unclear, but it is suggested that it may live up to 50 years [3].
Ecology: Small animals use its bushy growth form for cover, and bees, butterflies, and other pollinating insects may use it as a source of nectar and pollen [4,5,6,7].
Ethnobotany: Its main use is as an ornamental thanks to its abundant, globose clusters of flowers that range from greenish-white to deep pink [1,2,4]. Its ethnobotanic uses are unclear, but its native, wild cousin, H. arborescens, is used by the Cherokee and Delaware for a number of medicinal and culinary purposes [8].
[1] http://hort.ufl.edu/database/documents/pdf/
[2] https://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/
PlantFinderDetails.aspx?kempercode=c313
[3] https://homeguides.sfgate.com/duration-hydrangeas-63071.html
[4] https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/plants/hydrangea-paniculata/
[5] https://www.rhs.org.uk/science/pdf/
conservation-and-biodiversity/wildlife/
plants-for-pollinators-garden-plants.pdf
[6] https://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/
plant-of-the-week/hydrangea-arborescens.shtml
[7] https://extension.unh.edu/sites/default/
