…a trio. Hydrangea angustipetala Hydrangea angustipetala Hydrangea angustipetala Hydrangea angustipetala Hydrangea aspera Kawakamii Group Hydrangea aspera Kawakamii Group Hydrangea aspera Kawakamii Group Hydrangea aspera Kawakamii Group Hydrangea aspera Kawakamii Group…

…the Upper Salween in China. most impressive Hydrangea most impressive Hydrangea most impressive Hydrangea most impressive Hydrangea Despite its appearance this is a form of Hydrangea villosa Hydrangea villosa Hydrangea…

…blue and white picotee edging Hydrangea ‘St Clare’ Hydrangea ‘St Clare’ Hydrangea ‘Taube’ – easily the best blue lacecap HYDRANGEA ‘Taube’ HYDRANGEA ‘Taube’ Hydrangea ‘Fireworks blue’ – very floriferous and…

…Hydrangea paniculata ‘Polar Bear’ Hydrangea paniculata ‘Polar Bear’ and Hydrangea aspera ‘Villosa Group’. Hydrangea paniculata ‘Polar Bear’ and Hydrangea aspera ‘Villosa Group’ Hydrangea paniculata ‘Skyfall’, some flowers still pure white,…

…Hydrangea ‘Fireworks Blue’ excellent on the drive. Hydrangea ‘Fireworks Blue’ Hydrangea ‘Sunset’ looking good down opposite the lodge. Hydrangea ‘Sunset’ Hydrangea ‘Selma’ quite superb by the nursery entrance. Hydrangea ‘Selma’…

…the plant world. Aloysia citrodora Hydrangea paniculata ‘Early Sensation’ and Hydrangea sargentiana. Hydrangea paniculata ‘Early Sensation’ and Hydrangea sargentiana Hydrangea paniculata ‘Polar Bear’ and Hydrangea sargentiana. Hydrangea paniculata ‘Early Sensation’…

…autumn colouring in full sun. Hydrangea quercifolia ‘Snowflake’ Hydrangea quercifolia ‘Snowflake’ Hydrangea quercifolia not flowering well and rather showing its age. Hydrangea quercifolia Hydrangea quercifolia Hydrangea quercifolia ‘Burgundy’ looking well…

…ago at Trevarno where after dinner we once had a drunken inspection of the rather phallic buds. Hydrangea seemanii Hydrangea seemanii Hydrangea seemanii Hydrangea seemanii Hydrangea seemanii Hydrangea seemanii 1992…

…Hydrangea ‘Alpengluhen’ – a good medium sized red mophead. Hydrangea ‘Alpengluhen’ Hydrangea ‘Libelle’ and Hydrangea ‘Lanarth White’ growing together by the Green Gate. Hydrangea quercifolia ‘Alice’ Hydrangea ‘Lanarth’ – a…

…‘Ayesha’ Hydrangea ‘Love You Kiss’ – silly name but good variety. Hydrangea ‘Love You Kiss’ Hydrangea ‘Selina’ – not much in the trade now but good. Hydrangea ‘Selina’ Hydrangea ‘Geoffrey…

…green! I suppose it may yet. Hydrangea paniculata ‘White Lady’ Hydrangea paniculata ‘White Lady’ Hydrangea paniculata ‘Kyushu’ looks rather droopy and wish now. Hydrangea paniculata ‘Kyushu’ Hydrangea paniculata ‘Kyushu’ Hydrangea…

…spectacle today and for a week or three. Hydrangea ‘Geoffrey Chadbund’ Hydrangea ‘Geoffrey Chadbund’ Hydrangea ‘Geoffrey Chadbund’ Hydrangea ‘R F Felton’ is another good paleish but imposing blue mophead. Hydrangea…

…than Hydrangea villosa but the flowers are quite small and very similar. Stick with villosa for effect. Hydrangea longipipes Hydrangea longipipes Hydrangea longipipes Amid the Camellia ‘Lady Clare’ by the…

…Hydrangea involucrata just coming out. Nothing startling as yet. Hydrangea aspera ‘Kawakamii’ x Hydrangea involucrata Hydrangea aspera ‘Kawakamii’ x Hydrangea involucrata The agapanthus are just out – a wonderful plant….

…‘Lanarth’ looks great. Hydrangea ‘Lanarth’ Hydrangea ‘Lanarth’ Hydrangea serrata ‘Shichidanka’ is a funny mix of pink and blue flower ‘starburst’ heads but very pretty in its own way. A dwarf…

…Rhododendron ‘Polar Bear’ Hydrangea paniculata ‘Tardiva’ planted in 1996 and now in need of pruning back. Hydrangea paniculata ‘Tardiva’ Hydrangea paniculata ‘White Lady’ – likewise. Hydrangea paniculata ‘White Lady’ Hydrangea…

…Magnolia virginiana ‘Pink Halo’ Photinia davidsoniae in flower by George’s Hut. Photinia davidsoniae Hydrangea serrata ‘Shichidanka’ starts pink and then goes blue. Hydrangea serrata ‘Shichidanka’ Hydrangea serrata ‘Shichidanka’ Hydrangea ‘Hobella’…

…and fashionable (lacecap) Hydrangea ‘Love you Kiss’. Very like the Hydrangea serrata ‘Kiyosumi’ in my old hydrangea reference book in fact! Hydrangea ‘Love you Kiss’ Hydrangea ‘Love you Kiss’ 2016…

…involucrata ‘Sonoma’ Hydrangea ‘Taube’ just colouring up. Hydrangea ‘Taube’ As is Hydrangea ‘Fireworks’. Hydrangea ‘Fireworks’ Robinia x slavinii ‘Hillieri’ is finally dead. The shoots at the base are from a…

…flowerheads which turn coral pink in autumn. Hydrangea paniculata ‘Phantom’ Hydrangea paniculata ‘Phantom’ Hydrangea paniculata ‘Kyushu’ – top end of clearing to top lodge. Smaller growing and a distinct upright…