It really is a great plant so far, and very drought tolerant. I hardly water them compared to my Annabelles, which I have to water every. single. day. I'll post additional pictures as the color starts to change!

This is a Quick Fire Standard (tree) I have. It turned pink already.

Down here, Little QF has medium yellow leaves that would look nice with those purple flowers in Picture 1... if they happened to be still blooming.

I also much prefer 'Little Quickfire' over its big brother! I had gotten 'LQ' by chance and a year before it was even released onto the market, some mix with the supplier I guess ... though, I'm thankful, as otherwise I had no intention of trying this more compact version. I love this plant and always do highly recommend it to others !!

The purple flowers are Rozanne Geranium, and they bloom from early summer until frost...one of my easiest perennials, which is important for a novice such as myself (I haven't managed to kill one yet... :-/ )! My Little Quickfires are just starting to barely turn pink on some of the blooms, I can't believe it, summer is flying by way too fast. My Annabelle blooms are starting to turn green already as well. Now waiting for Firelight and Limelight to put on their shows! Regarding Little Quickfire, I was originally torn on whether to plant it at all, but I am so glad I did. I originally didn't think they were showy enough, but now I've come to really appreciate their pretty, lacy blooms!

At first, I was also a bit unsure regarding the looser bloom form and also why in the first place would I requrie a smaller less vigorous version of 'QF'? Well, didn't take long to realize that it's a near perfect plant for my climate! Beyond its many great attributes, It requires very little pruning and mixes well with many perennials without overwhleming them ... a top rated shrub in my opinion!

I need an update owners of LQF:

I would love to see pictures of your mature LQF...summer and now.

How large (width and height)?

Unfortunately, I had spoken toooo soon, because for the first time ever, most of my paniculata types had died back rather substantially due to absurdly extreme weather ... extremes that seem to be more commonplace these days !! :(

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I bought LQF the year it came out so maybe 6 years ago. No hardiness issues here in MN 4b. In fact, I've never seen any issues on paniculatas even with the extreme cold and funky weather patterns we've seen the last few years. Basically QF at about half the size, but blooms slightly later. Mine is about 4 feet tall and 3 feet wide.

Pennlake, yes, I was surprised to see such damage on my paniculatas, though in the last few years we had something like the coldest February in 60 years, the coldest April in 40 years and crazy early snow blanketing the ground in September for ten days, and last summer being in the top wettest on record ... total insult to injury, though seems such is only to become more frequent :( ... Rouge, on the other hand is situated much further south and likely never to receive such very harsh winter conditions.

Wow. I guess paniculatas do have a breaking point. We've had goofy weather patterns: warm falls followed by rapid drops in temps, coldest midwinter temps in 26 years, record lows and blizzards in mid-April. I have seen more severe damage to things typically considered rock solid hardy around here: some ninebark, spireas, barberries for example. Paniculatas are one I have not seen a problem with in these weather patterns. I thought they might be somewhat protected because they terminate growth by flowering relatively early in the season and are on the slow side to wake up in the spring.

Pennlake, it isn't unusual for a very early arctic outbreak to plow down here and we go from summer to flash freeze ... though, September 2018 was particularly head shaking nasty and not giving plants proper chance to harden off, a mild October had followed, though the damage had been done. Then, not long afterwards we're again hit by another round of record shattering brutal conditions. We've experienced autumns of late where farmers have struggled terribly and failed to get crops all in the bins, thankfully this season is better! When one looks at things on a global scale, nothing no longer surprises me!

FrozeBudd_z3/4, where is "here" (city, state)? Just wondering now...

The far north location of Edmonton, Alberta, a land of extremes that's for sure !!