Painters Pallet Hydrangea
Hydrangea serrata ‘Painter’s Palette’
Other Common Names: Painter’s Palette Mountain Hydrangea
Plant Details
USDA Plant Hardiness Zones: 5a-9b Find Your Zone
Shrub Type: Deciduous Flowering Shrub
Height at Maturity: 4-5′
Width at Maturity: 4-5′
Spacing: 4′ apart for solid hedges; 8′ or more apart for space between plants
Growth Habit / Form: Rounded Mound
Flower Color: Pink, White, and Green tricolor
Flower Size: 1″ in 4-6″ lacecap clusters
Flowering Period: Summer and Fall
Flower Type: Single in lacecap clusters
Fragrant Flowers: No
Foliage Color: Dark Green
Fragrant Foliage: No
Berries: NA
Berry Color: NA
Sun Needs: Part Shade, Morning Sun, Filtered Sun (South) – Sun or Part Shade (North)
Water Needs: Average
Soil Type: Clay (amend heavy clay to ensure good drainage), Loam, Sand (amend quick draining soil to retain moisture), Silt
Soil Moisture / Drainage: Moist But Well Drained
Soil pH: 6.0 – 8.5 (Moderately Acidic to Moderately Alkaline)
Maintenance / Care: Low
Attracts: Butterflies, Beneficial Pollinators, Hummingbirds, Visual Attention
Resistances: Cold Temperatures (-20F), Heat, Humidity, Insect
Description
An rare, unique and absolutely beautiful Mountain Hydrangea selected by Dr. Michael Dirr, ‘Painter’s Palette’ is a “must-have” for the hydrangea collector. It features abundant lacecap like clusters of tricolor flowers with white, pink and green shades on the same petal. A vigorous grower with high disease resistance, at 4 to 5 feet tall and equally as wide Painters Palette is a good fit as a specimen in small to medium size garden beds or in groupings or as a natural hedge where space allows in large borders. Plant one near a patio, deck, porch or other sitting space where the pretty flowers can be enjoyed from close up summer into fall. Though this one might tolerate full sun in the most northern areas of its range (zone 5), we suggest some shade or filtered sun during the afternoon hours. Morning and evening sun are fine.
Dr. Michael Dirr was the Director of the University of Georgia Botanical Garden. He was a professor at the University of Georgia and through the Dirr’s Georgia Plant Introduction Program has introduced over 100 new cultivars into the nursery trades. He has published over 300 scientific and popular publications and has authored seven books. His book, Manual of Woody Landscape Plants: Their Identification, Ornamental Characteristics, Culture and Propagation and Uses has become one of the most widely adopted reference text in the education of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture.
Landscape & Garden Uses
Growing 4 to 5 feet tall and wide in a rounded mound, Painters Pallet Hydrangea is ideal for use as a specimen in partially shaded smaller garden spaces, home foundation plantings, and flowering shrub or perennial borders. Where space allows it is impressive in groupings or as a natural hedge. Just give it some shade or filtered sun during the hot afternoon hours. A fine addition to Hydrangea gardens, butterfly and beneficial pollinator gardens, shade and woodland gardens, hummingbird gardens and cottage gardens.
Suggested Spacing: 4 feet apart for solid hedges; 8 feet apart for space between plants
Growing Preferences
The Painters Pallet Hydrangea is very easy to grow in most any moist but well-drained soil with average fertility and part shade. In zone 5 and 6 it might tolerate more sun, however will appreciate some filtered sun or shade during the afternoon hours in warmer climates. Morning and evening sun are fine. We suggest at least 4 hours of direct sunlight or all-day moderately filtered sun per day. As with so many other ornamental plants, a constantly soggy or wet soil is problematic. Flower color might vary depending on soil pH. Acidic soils will make bluer flowers while a neutral to slightly alkaline soil will make pinker flowers.
Prune ‘Painter’s Palette’ as you would other Hydrangea serrata lacecapvarieties. Get tips for proper pruning time and technique in our article titled 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, fertilize, prune and water 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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