Gray Dogwood vs Phantom Hydrangea - TreeTime.ca

Gray Dogwood vs Phantom Hydrangea

Hydrangea paniculata Phantom

Cornus racemosa

CUSTOM GROW

CUSTOM GROW

Phantom Hydrangea
Gray Dogwood

Phantom Hydrangea is a striking deciduous shrub with impressive blooms. It is multi-stemmed and produces pale green flowers that fade to white and soft pink as they mature. These flower clusters can reach up to 15” (40cm) long and while other shrubs will droop from the flowers' weight, Phantom Hydrangea has sturdy stems that support them.

This adaptable shrub will make a beautiful addition to your yard as a flowering hedge or as an ornamental plant on its own. Try pruning the flowers after they are spent to get even larger flower heads.

Gray dogwood is a thicket-forming, deciduous shrub with greenish-white blossoms in open, terminal clusters. Young twigs are red and the fruit pedicels remain conspicuously red into late fall and early winter.

Fruit itself is a white, 1/4 in. drupe that usually does not remain on the shrub for long.

Great for naturalizing wild areas, this shrub attracts birds and other wildlife.

Phantom Hydrangea Quick Facts

Gray Dogwood Quick Facts

Zone: 3b
Zone: 4a
Height: 1.8 m (6 ft)
Height: 3 m (10 ft)
Spread: 1.5 m (5 ft)
Spread: 3 m (10 ft)
Light: partial shade, full sun
Light: any
Moisture: normal
Moisture: any
Growth rate: medium
Growth rate: slow
Life span: medium
Life span: medium
Suckering: medium
Suckering: medium


Fall colour: deep, reddish puple
Flowers: large white flower clusters
Hybrid: no
Hybrid: no
Catkins: no
Catkins: no


Native to: MB, ON, QC