Is it a chinese snowball viburnum or a peegee hydrangea?

My mother gave me what she said was a peegee hydrangea but i think its actually a chinese snoball viburnum...is it possible to confuse the two?

Is it a chinese snowball viburnum or a peegee hydrangea?
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The Pee Gee Hydrangea has beautiful white clusters of flowers that usually blooms in mid July. It does well in zones three through eight. It is also more cold hardy then other Hydrangeas. The flowers last through the end of the summer. Some of the clusters can be up to eight inches wide.





The Snowball Viburnum does well in zones five through eight. The Snowball will bloom in the summer months and also have clusters flowers. The flowers on the Viburnum are smaller then the Hydrangeas. The Viburnum also has fruit in late summer and the fruit will appear deep red until the cooler temperatures set in. The birds love this fruit.





Each of these are similar with the flower color, and their leaf structure is simliar also. The Pee Gee is a bigger specimen and can reach up to 20 feet tall if not pruned.





I hope this has help some identifying your plant specimen.





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Reply:The snowball viburnum will bloom in late spring and the peegee hydrangea will bloom in late summer. Depending on when it blooms, you'll be able to tell what it is hopefully. The peegee's inflourescence is more cone shaped, whereas the snowball's is more rounded.
Reply:Don't question your mother.


Peegee sounds way cooler anyway.