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Genus: Hydrangea Species: paniculata 'P.G. compacta' Common Name: Pee Gee Hydrangea Family: Hydrangeaceae Order: Cornales Native: China and Japan Habit: Shrub Height: 10 to 30 feet Width: 5 to 15 feet Flowering Season: Summer Flower Color: White Propagation: Seed or stem cutting Zone: 3-8 Note: This species can be trained to a single or multiple-stemmed shrub. Pee Gee Hydrangea is suitable as a specimen, for accents, mass planting, mixed shrub borders, hedges, and open woodlands. Monitor plant for aphids, whiteflies, scales, nematodes, bacterial wilt, leaf spot, rust, bud blight and powdery mildew. Prefers sunny to part shady, moist, well-drained, organic-rich soil.