Phantom Hydrangea – 5 Gallon Pot

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Phantom Hydrangea

Hydrangea paniculata ‘Phantom’

Plant Details

USDA Plant Hardiness Zones: 3a-8a Find Your Zone

Plant Type: Deciduous Flowering Shrub

Height at Maturity: 8-10′

Width at Maturity: 6-8′

Spacing: 5-6′ for solid hedges; 12’+ for space between plants

Growth Habit / Form: Bushy, Rounded, Upright

Flower Color: White

Flower Size: Large – up to 15 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: Sun or Part Shade (filtered sun or shade in the afternoon in the South)

Water Needs: Average, low when established

Soil Type: Clay (amended), Loam, Sand (amended), Silt

Soil Moisture / Drainage: Well Drained Moist

Soil pH: 5.5 – 7.5 (Moderately Acid to Moderately Alkaline)

Maintenance / Care: Very Low

Attracts: Visual Attention

Resistances: Cold, Disease, Heat, Humidity, Insect, Sun

Description

The Phantom Hydrangea is prized for its enormous cone shaped flower clusters of up to 15 inches in length held on very sturdy stems that don’t allow the clusters to flop. The flowers open ivory and progress to white with pinkish tips. Phantom produces LOADS of flower clusters that are excellent for cutting so you’ll always have plenty to use for creating stunning fresh or dried floral arrangements. A truly magnificent “pee gee” type Hydrangea that deserves a spot in every garden where it will grow. USDA Zones 3a-8a

Landscape & Garden Uses

Growing in an upright rounded form 8 to 10 feet tall and 6 to 8 feet wide, the Phantom Hydrangea can be grown as a shrub or small tree. As a shrub it is ideal for use as a specimen, in groupings or as a natural hedge in landscape borders and home foundation plantings. Lower branches can be removed to form an attractive small tree for use as a colorful focal point specimen in landscape borders or home foundation plantings. Also a nice addition to mixed flowering shrub borders, as a background in perennial gardens, or solo or combined with other plants in large containers. A fine addition to Hydrangea gardens, white theme gardens, cut flower gardens and cottage gardens.

Suggested Spacing: 5 to 6 feet apart for solid hedges; 12 feet or more apart for space between plants

Growing Preferences

Phantom Hydrangea is easy to grow in average, moist, well-drained soil. It can take the heat in the South (to USDA Zone 8a) but is also exceptionally cold hardy, withstanding even the coldest winter temperatures in the North. In the South, it’s best to plant in a location that provides some filtered sun or shade in the hottest part of summer afternoons. For best flowering give it at least 6 hours of sun a day.

Note: Phantom 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 Hydrangea shrubs.

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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