![]() If you have a bare spot in your garden bed, and need something to fill in but not be a focal point, this plant might fit the bill. I live near the Washington State border and am in a 6 zone, with typical Pacific Northwest weather patterns. This plant does like frequent watering (my soil dries out quickly) and a spring slow release fertilizer is a good idea. My more established plant gets solid morning sun and seems happy with that the newer plant I put in last year is getting noon to mid-afternoon sun and isn't as happy, so I will probably move it. Little Quick Fire panicle hydrangea combines two fantastic, useful traits: it's the earliest panicle hydrangea to bloom each summer, and it's a dwarf, compact selection, reaching just 3-5' tall and wide. ![]() The flowers seem to be a cross of lace-cap and panicle - not really strong in either category. Overall, this seems to be relatively hardy plant but be aware it's quite twiggy - a quick clean up is all that is needed. I really like the initial creamy white flowers but am not too excited about the duller pinkish hue. These flowers do not deliver a focal point appeal with intense colors, but offer more of an overall blending. I'm happy with the size, but the flowers are verging on being just ok. I don't have room for a large, showier snowball and I was drawn to "Little Quick Fire" with the white flowers turning pink as summer progresses. My first one was planted 4 years ago as I wanted a smaller, dwarf hydrangea with white flowers. Cut a few flowers for arrangements.I have 2 of these purchased from a local, independent garden center. Water needed only in very dry weather these are the most drought-tough kinds of hydrangea. Scatter a granular, balanced fertilizer over the bed at winter’s end. Stick with just the thinning is size is OK. It is usually sold in 3-gallon containers. It is a good choice for any landscape where Quick Fire is too tall and wide, or for container growing. It grows to only 3 to 5 feet tall and to 2 to 4 feet wide, about half the size of the main cultivar. It typically grows to 8-15’ (less frequently to 25’) tall, and features oval to ovate dark green leaves and upright, sharply-pointed, conical, terminal flower panicles (to 6-8 long) containing both fertile and sterile flowers (mostly non-showy fertile flowers) that bloom from mid-summer into fall. Also shorten the rest of the plant then as low as ankle-high for maximum compactness. Types of Fire Hydrangea 'Little Quick Fire' is a dwarf variety of ‘Quick Fire’. Hydrangea paniculata, commonly called panicle hydrangea, is a vigorous, upright, rapid-growing, somewhat coarsely textured, deciduous shrub that is native to China and Japan. * Care: Thin out excess or crossing branches at the end of winter. They also make a good blooming hedge around patios or along property borders. The bush flowers on new wood, so it is reliable to bloom even after very harsh. The panicle flowers start white then turn pink and eventually dark pink in the fall. Thanks to its flower power and quality foliage, it truly is an eminently garden-worthy plant. The Quick Fire Hydrangea by Proven Winners ColorChoice is one of the first hydrangeas to bloom in early summer, typically blooming a month before any other hydrangea shrubs. Uses: Quick Fire hydrangea is outstanding as a specimen or flowering hedge. If you want to, place a small amount of fertilizer in the hole as well. ![]() After you find a place to plant it, dig a hole that is 1-2 feet deep and place the Little Quick Fire Hydrangea in the hole. Add it to your existing hydrangea garden to extend the blooming season. When you plant a Little Quick Fire Hydrangea, find a spot that is in partial shade to full sun, and make sure that the soil drains well. 'Little Quick Fire' is a dwarf variety of ‘Quick Fire’. This dwarf plant fits easily into any landscape, including container gardens. White flowers transform to pink-red as summer progresses. * Where to use: Little Quick Fire and Bobo make excellent specimens in any sunny to partly sunny mixed garden or along an east, west or south foundation. Fertilizer: Fertilize once in early spring with a rose fertilizer if desired. Dwarf form of the popular Quick Fire hydrangea Like Quick Fire, it is early blooming, flowering about a month before other hydrangeas. Branch tips produce large, fat, cone-shaped flowers that start white and mature to rosy-pink and finally to rusty brown by winter. * What it is: Two new compact forms of panicle hydrangeas – ones that bloom on new wood from mid-summer into early fall. Hydrangea Little Quick Fire (Proven Winners/Color Choice photo)
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