One of the largest (or largest?) blooms is?/used to be? produced by Mount Everest. Since there have been so many new paniculatas recently, I wonder if anyone has recently compared them all again, to include this year or last year's introductions.

Phantom has the largest flowers I have seen in paniculatas but they tend to brown in

central Virginia. The plants are extremely vigorous, growing much faster than even

Limelight. The florets are not as tightly packed as Limelight.

Would Phantom tolerate full sun in NC, zone 8a?

Phantom would tolerate the sun but grows so fast it seems to need more water than other paniculatas. Some afternoon shade would help.

Thanks!

Paniculata leaves suffer from too much sun in my zone too so, definitely provide afternoon shade.

Hi Luis!

looking forward to spring! Hope your garden does well this year. I now have almost 700 paniculatas. Finishing 2 greenhouses.

Going to the MANTS show Thursday to

talk to some Belgium breeders about

new paniculatas. Magical series.

700? How mind boggling is that! God, 700 shrubs??!!!

Well, enjoy the show! About those 'magical' hydrangeas, are they ones with multi-colored sepals? I thought they were mopheads, not paniculatas?

I love my Phantom hydrangea tree in full sun... The flowers stay white all summer, no browning here in Texas.

I liked it so much, that I bought another Phantom to grow as a bush. The flowers maintain that lime green color until fall.