A hundred-day colour journey
A long flowering period moves the same crown from cream to deep pink.
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Family: Hydrangeaceae · Pot: 3 L · Height: 40–50 cm
Hydrangea paniculata ‘LC NO14’ Pink & Rose® turns flowering into a slow, beautiful progression of colour. Its full panicles open creamy white, pass through soft pink and deepen into rich rose shades as they mature. Different tones can share the same crown, like a bouquet that keeps renewing itself. Romantic and lively, it holds the interest even as summer begins to make way for autumn.
Strong stems display the full, broadly conical panicles above the foliage and give the planting a clear structure. A group beside a path or a substantial pot near seating brings the changes close enough to enjoy. Fine grasses and a quiet green background let the colours lead, while dried flower heads can extend the interest into winter.
Silver KVBC Award 2021 for the garden performance of Pink & Rose® ‘LC NO14’.
Three distinct details explain the horticultural value of Pink & Rose®.
A long flowering period moves the same crown from cream to deep pink.
Large ornamental surfaces create generous volume while retaining the panicle’s conical logic.
The exact clone ‘LC NO14’ belongs to Alex Schoemaker’s named collection.
Why you will love it: Cream, soft pink and deep pink coexist on one crown, turning time into a visible colour gradient.
Use in morning sun through the middle of a border, as a low repeat or in a large pot, allowing about 1.3 m per plant so the cream-to-pink sequence reads as a complete rounded mass.
Panicum virgatum ‘Northwind’, Stachys byzantina and Echinacea ‘White Swan’ share a bright drained site; green verticals, a low silver carpet and white flowers receive the full cream-to-pink transition.
Sun to partial shade; in Greece favour morning sun and shelter from extreme afternoon heat.
Water deeply and consistently while panicles develop, allowing free drainage between applications.
Exceptional winter hardiness, commonly to −30 °C; dry summer heat is the more relevant local constraint.
Hydrangea is not edible; do not allow children or pets to chew foliage or flowers.
Sun to partial shade; in Greece favour morning sun and shelter from extreme afternoon heat.
Water deeply and consistently while panicles develop, allowing free drainage between applications.
Fertile organic soil that retains moisture yet drains. Soil pH does not turn the flowers blue as it can in bigleaf hydrangeas.
Compost and one balanced spring feed are usually enough; excess nitrogen reduces stem strength.
It blooms on new wood: prune in late winter, lightly for more smaller heads or lower for fewer larger panicles.
Let the woody framework mature and prune before spring growth starts, rather than in late autumn.
In the first growing season, roots expand and young upright shoots form the future framework. Deep watering as the soil begins to dry supports establishment without permanent saturation.
Stems consolidate a rounded outline while each new panicle adds cream, soft pink and deeper pink to the crown at once.
At full maturity the crown reaches about 1.3–1.4 m in height and 1.2–1.3 m in spread. Final planting distance must follow that scale rather than the plant’s current young volume.
A branching shrub with strong upright stems and broadly conical panicles filled with sterile flowers bearing rounded sepals.
The colour sequence starts with creamy white and moves through soft to deeper pink. The timing and intensity depend on flower age and seasonal conditions.
In July 2013, at Boskoop in the Netherlands, Alex Frederick Schoemaker self-pollinated Hydrangea paniculata ‘Limelight’, seeking uniform plants with attractive inflorescences. Four years later, in July 2017, he selected one flowering offspring and retained it as ‘LC NO14’.
Propagation from tip cuttings began that August. Successive generations retained the strong stems and flowers that develop from white to purplish pink. The selection joined Living Creations as Pink & Rose®, with European protection EU PBR 57857.
In 2021, US plant patent PP33257 was granted and the cultivar received a silver KVBC Award for garden performance. A selection raised from familiar ‘Limelight’ had found its own identity, with a gradual colour change becoming the most distinctive chapter in its story.
White and pink do not belong to two different flower types. They are successive colours of the decorative sepals as they mature. Because the panicles and their individual flowers are not all at the same stage, Pink & Rose® can carry cream, pale pink and deeper pink together within one flowering crown.
Pink pigment accumulates in sepals after the initial white phase. Light exposure and cooler nights regulate enzymes in the phenylpropanoid pathway and influence the depth of final colour.
Six exact answers about placement, watering, pruning and seasonal behaviour for Pink & Rose®.
Yes, in a large freely drained pot with room for a mature spread of up to 1.2–1.3 m. Increase pot size gradually and do not let the rootball dry through in summer.
Sun to partial shade; in Greece favour morning sun and shelter from extreme afternoon heat. Keep an open visual field around its mature 1.2–1.3 m spread so the cultivar’s particular crown remains clearly legible.
Water deeply and consistently while panicles develop, allowing free drainage between applications.
Pink & Rose® flowers on new growth. Prune in late winter while retaining a balanced woody framework rather than mechanically cutting every stem to one height.
Lower and older portions of each panicle mature before younger ones, so different flower ages appear simultaneously as cream, soft pink and deep pink.
Pink & Rose® is deciduous and remains outdoors. In the ground, free drainage is the main concern; in a pot, protect the rootball from prolonged severe freezing and avoid permanent saturation.