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Hardiness: USDA Zone 3a: to -39.9 °C (-40 °F) USDA Zone 3b: to -37.2 °C (-35 °F) USDA Zone 4a: to -34.4 °C (-30 °F) USDA Zone 4b: to -31.6 °C (-25 °F) USDA Zone 5a: to -28.8 °C (-20 °F) USDA Zone 5b: to -26.1 °C (-15 °F) USDA Zone 6a: to -23.3 °C (-10 °F) USDA Zone 6b: to -20.5 °C (-5 °F) USDA Zone 7a: to -17.7 °C (0 °F) USDA Zone 7b: to -14.9 °C (5 °F) USDA Zone 8a: to -12.2 °C (10 °F)
Sun Exposure: Sun to Partial Shade
Danger: Parts of plant are poisonous if ingested
Bloom Color: Rose/Mauve Pale Green
Bloom Time: Mid Summer Late Summer/Early Fall Mid Fall
Foliage: Deciduous
Other details: Average Water Needs; Water regularly; do not overwater Requires consistently moist soil; do not let dry out between waterings Flowers are good for drying and preserving
Soil pH requirements: 5.6 to 6.0 (acidic) 6.1 to 6.5 (mildly acidic) 6.6 to 7.5 (neutral)
Propagation Methods: From softwood cuttings
Seed Collecting: N/A: plant does not set seed, flowers are sterile, or plants will not come true from seed
On Aug 18, 2006, soulbloom from Richmond, VA wrote:
Ehhhh! That pretty much sums up this plant. Though it doesn't stand out, it won't go unnoticed in the garden. I would describe mine as pretty much average.
Has bloomed here in central MS in partial shade. Have trouble with the regular peegee, but this one does bloom here. Very light green to white flowers.
On Jul 29, 2005, alicewho from North Augusta, SC (Zone 8a) wrote:
This hydrangea didn't come out as green as I had hoped, but the blooms are huge and plentiful. Fast grower and so far disease and pest free. It really stands out in the garden.
On Apr 15, 2005, bonniewong from edmonton
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I purchased Limelight spring 2004,and am really impressed. It bloomed all summer in my zone 3 garden, the color was the most beautiful shade of light green.We had exceptionally hot weather with the most awful aphid epidemic and very few predators. It was so healthy, it didn't skip a beat, the foliage and flowers were unscathed. The buds are just starting to swell now mid April 2005, it survived -37C with little winter kill. By far the best hydrangea I have.
On Dec 4, 2004, lmelling from Ithaca, NY (Zone 5b) wrote:
Information from both "Hydrangeas for American Gardens," by Michael A. Dirr (2004) and "Encyclopedia of Hydrangeas" C.J. and D.M. Van Gelderen (2004 - Timber Press)
Well branched, medium sized shrub 6 - 10 feet, with 8 being the average, and 5 to 8 feet wide. The flowers carry only sterile ray-flowers and the panicles are almost as big as those of 'Grandiflora', but LIMELIGHT turns more to pink than does 'Grandiflora' according to Van Gelderen.
Professor Dirr notes that in zone 7, color showed an expression more towards white in this cultivar, possibly due to heat.
AKA 'Zwijnenburg' and trademarked name is LIMELIGHT. Bred by Pieter Zwijnenburg, Boskoop, Netherlands, in 1990.
On Nov 3, 2004, scutler from Charleston, SC (Zone 8b) wrote:
In my Zone 8b garden, the color ranges from faded green to off-white. The color is not as bright as I had hoped. However, on the plus side, I planted a 10" high specimen and in 1 year it had soared to 6 ft high and spread to 5 ft wide with over a dozen blooms each literally 10" x 10"! It has out-grown and out-produced all of my hydrangeas.
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