Hydrangea paniculata Phantom - Panicle Hydrangea

Plant your Phantom paniculata hydrangea in deeply cultivated soil. A good base fertilizer (fish blood and bone) will promote the establishment of your plant and nourish it without risk of burning. The paniculata hydrangea prefers humus-bearing soils but tolerates less fertile soils and drought. If your soil tends to be dry, mix our water retainer, Stockosorb, with the soil when filling the planting hole and provide a watering basin on the surface. Their spring growth is quite late. Water frequently during flowering, while avoiding direct watering of the foliage and flowers. In late summer, we recommend not cutting the dry flowers, as they will protect the terminal shoots of the branches in winter. Cut off all the dry flowers at the end of February or at the first signs of good weather. Paniculata hydrangeas require vigorous pruning to develop large inflorescences.