Shao’s Garden · No. 11

Shao’s Garden

No. 11 · September 2026

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Little Lime Hydrangea (tree form)
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Little Lime Hydrangea (tree form)

Hydrangea paniculata 'Jane' (Little Lime)

Bought as a shrub and hand-trained into a tree/standard form

Care stage

WishlistSeedlingThrivingDormant
Grows in
Patio — Containers
Habit
Standard
Spread
105 cm across, grown
In bloom
Jul – Sep
Status
Active

Planting

  • Patio

    July 27, 2023

Origin story

Trained from a shrub into a standard/tree form over multiple seasons

Why: Selected a central leader and removed lower/competing growth to build a single-trunk tree

July 27, 2023

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Appearances

  • Really like the bouquet. The smoky amber glass vase pairing with the p…

    Aug 1

    Really like the bouquet. The smoky amber glass vase pairing with the pale chartreuse panicles of Little Lime hydrangea. Vintage meets modern. Looks great in the house.

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  • Harvesting the dense, pale lime panicles from the Little Lime hydrange…

    Aug 1

    Harvesting the dense, pale lime panicles from the Little Lime hydrangea, packed with tight chartreuse florets on stiff woody stems, and pruning it back for next year's new growth. This bouquet would look good in the house.

    Why: The rain in past few weeks have making it flopping

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  • Heavy rain over the past couple days made this Hydrangea flop, its hea…

Jul 27

Heavy rain over the past couple days made this Hydrangea flop, its heavy lime and cream panicles drooping down under the water weight. Not very pleasant look in the garden right now, but it is my weekend project to tidy it up. Would need to master my pruning skills. I had a dream about this guy would grow so big and eventually could provide shade in the patios! Everyone can dream right?!

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  • Jul 27

    Trained from a shrub into a standard/tree form over multiple seasons

    Why: Selected a central leader and removed lower/competing growth to build a single-trunk tree

    ♥1 liked this