Bobo Hydrangea
Hydrangea paniculata ‘Ilvobo’ · a dwarf white panicle hydrangea
A dwarf panicle hydrangea that smothers itself in big white flower cones on strong, upright stems from midsummer, aging to pink and purple, perfect for a small garden, low hedge or the front of a border. It blooms on new wood, so prune in late winter. Give it full sun or light shade.
- Mature size
- 2.5 × 3.5 ft
- 0.8 × 1.1 m, tall × wide
- Hardiness
- Zones 3a–8b
- USDA
- Sun
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to wet
- Blooms
- Jun–Aug
Bobo Hydrangea at its mature size
A mature Bobo Hydrangea grows 2 to 3 feet tall and 3 to 4 feet wide.
Drawn to scale beside a 5 ft 9 in person. With VeraScape, you see it at this size in your own yard.
Typical mature size, unpruned. Sources: Missouri Botanical Garden.
Through the year
What Bobo Hydrangea looks like month by month in a typical zone 6–7 garden.
Dormant · Dec–Apr
Short bare woody stems holding dried tan flower cones.
In leaf · May
Low compact mound of dark green oval leaves, no flowers.
In flower · Jun–Aug
Covered in upright cones of white flowers.
Fall · Sep–Nov
Flower cones aged to pink and red-purple.
Growing Bobo Hydrangea
- Grows well in
- The Northeast, the Southeast, the Midwest, the Plains and Mountain West, and the Pacific Northwest.
- Good for
- Hedge, small space, foundation planting, specimen, and rain garden
- Leaves
- Drops its leaves in winter
- Native to
- China and Japan
Spacing for a hedge
VeraScape spaces plants so their grown canopies just touch. For Bobo Hydrangea, that’s about 3.5 ft apart, center to center.
Place a row in your own yard and VeraScape spaces them at their mature width, so you can see whether they’ll crowd the walk.
See Bobo Hydrangea in your yard before you dig
Visualize it at its true size, alongside the rest of your design.
Other hydrangeas
Bobo Hydrangea
Munchkin Oakleaf Hydrangea
Ruby Slippers Oakleaf Hydrangea
Annabelle HydrangeaAll drawn to the same scale.