Quick Fire Hydrangea
Hydrangea paniculata ‘Bulk’ · an early white-to-red panicle hydrangea
The earliest panicle hydrangea to bloom, about a month ahead of the rest, with white flower cones that turn pink and then deep rose into fall. It's very cold-hardy and blooms on new wood, a fine specimen or informal hedge. Give it sun, with afternoon shade where summers are hot.
- Mature size
- 7 × 7 ft
- 2.1 × 2.1 m, tall × wide
- Hardiness
- Zones 3a–8b
- USDA
- Sun
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Medium to moist
- Blooms
- Jun–Sep
Quick Fire Hydrangea at its mature size
A mature Quick Fire Hydrangea grows 6 to 8 feet tall and just as wide, taller than most people.
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: Proven Winners, The Tree Center, Chicago Botanic Garden.
Growing Quick Fire Hydrangea
- Grows well in
- The Northeast, the Southeast, the Midwest, the Plains and Mountain West, and the Pacific Northwest.
- Growth rate
- Fast
- Good for
- Hedge, specimen, and fast growing
- 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 Quick Fire Hydrangea, that’s about 7 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 Quick Fire Hydrangea in your yard before you dig
Visualize it at its true size, alongside the rest of your design.
Other hydrangeas
Incrediball Hydrangea
Oakleaf Hydrangea
Limelight HydrangeaAll drawn to the same scale.