Need a hardier hydrangea for your garden? Try growing a panicle hydrangea — a lower-maintenance, bold-blooming choice.

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Sue U. A: The shrub in your photo is a panicle-type hydrangea with its cone-shaped, pyramidal flower clusters. Unlike the Annabelle-type hydrangeas with large round white flowers that die back to ...