Bed W: Plant 08 Syn. 'Taspo' Flowers carmine red to deep crimson. The curved sterile florets open...
Hydrangea macrophylla is native of China, Korea, and the Himalayas. The original form Hydrangea macrophylla var.normalis has broad leaves and lacecap flower heads with mostly small fertile florets surrounded by a few of the larger sterile florets. However, intensive breeding programs soon produced improved lacecap cultivars and cultivars with very few or no fertile florets. The result of this, is a change in the flower shape from flat to large globe shaped flower heads. This is the typical mophead hydrangea, also called Hydrangea hortensis
macrophylla ‘Schneeball’ (Nieschultz 1987)
Bed V: Plant 05 & Bed W: Plant 44 A strong growing plant with nice clear white mopheads...
macrophylla ‘Seascape’ (Thoby)
Bed Y: Plant 04 Flowers starting green opening to a very pale lilac fading to white centres....
macrophylla ‘Selema’ (D. Van der Spek 2002)
Bed W: Plant 26 Syn. Sidaselm: Dutch Ladies series A new and distinct cultivar characterized by...
macrophylla ‘Semperflorens’
Bed F: Plant 14 Flowering from June until October, this one is good value. Makes large mopheads...
macrophylla ‘Shin Ozaki’
Bed J: Plant 14 Small florets of pink, mauve or blue flowers in tight heads. Sepals lighter at...
macrophylla ‘Soeur Threse’ (Gaigne 1994)
Bed W: Plant 43 & Bed M: Plant 09 Syn Sister Threse A lovely, free-flowering white mophead. ...
macrophylla ‘Souvenir de Clair’ (pre 1840)
Bed V: Plant 50 Large dense mop-heads of cloudy pink flowers. Sepals entire with neat edges and...
macrophylla ‘Souvenir De Marne’
Bed J: Plant 07 Small heads of purple-red flowers. Sepals slightly wavy with a distinct tiny whit...
macrophylla ‘Souvenir de President Doumer’ (Cayeux 1932)
Bed V: Plant 03 Large heads of clear pink flowers. Sepals with serrated edges, paler veins and...