https://hydrangeaderby.co.uk A Plant Heritage National Collection Tue, 23 Jun 2026 16:15:22 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://hydrangeaderby.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/HDfav-150x150.jpg https://hydrangeaderby.co.uk 32 32 https://hydrangeaderby.co.uk/walled-garden-open-on-30-june-2026/ https://hydrangeaderby.co.uk/walled-garden-open-on-30-june-2026/#respond Tue, 23 Jun 2026 16:08:41 +0000 https://hydrangeaderby.co.uk/?p=11441 After a mild winter and a warm but wet spring, the hydrangeas are flowering even earlier this year. We will open the gates to the walled garden on Tuesday 30 June and they will remain open all day every day until the end of October. As always, the display will change week by week throughout […]

The post Walled Garden Opens on 30 June 2026 first appeared on Hydrangea Derby.]]> After a mild winter and a warm but wet spring, the hydrangeas are flowering even earlier this year. We will open the gates to the walled garden on Tuesday 30 June and they will remain open all day every day until the end of October. As always, the display will change week by week throughout the season as the flowers develop and move through their different phases. Right now, the mophead and lacecap flowers of the macrophylla and serrata species are full of spring freshness with lovely bright colours emerging. Here are a few examples which I hope will tempt you to come and visit the garden soon.

The post Walled Garden Opens on 30 June 2026 first appeared on Hydrangea Derby.]]> https://hydrangeaderby.co.uk/walled-garden-open-on-30-june-2026/feed/ 0 https://hydrangeaderby.co.uk/2025-hydrangea-paniculata-assessment-the-results-are-in/ https://hydrangeaderby.co.uk/2025-hydrangea-paniculata-assessment-the-results-are-in/#respond Sat, 31 Jan 2026 15:16:50 +0000 https://hydrangeaderby.co.uk/?p=11407 A panel from Hydrangea Derby assessed 114 of our established cultivars of Hydrangea paniculata every two weeks throughout the flowering period, awarding each cultivar points out of ten. The photos below show the top 3 cultivars for 2025, and the top 14 cultivars are shown in the table, along with their Gold, Silver, or Bronze […]

The post 2025 Hydrangea paniculata assessment – the results are in first appeared on Hydrangea Derby.]]> A panel from Hydrangea Derby assessed 114 of our established cultivars of Hydrangea paniculata every two weeks throughout the flowering period, awarding each cultivar points out of ten. The photos below show the top 3 cultivars for 2025, and the top 14 cultivars are shown in the table, along with their Gold, Silver, or Bronze award. Click the ‘Download’ button if you wish to download the pdf table.

2025 – Top CultivarsDownload

The post 2025 Hydrangea paniculata assessment – the results are in first appeared on Hydrangea Derby.]]> https://hydrangeaderby.co.uk/2025-hydrangea-paniculata-assessment-the-results-are-in/feed/ 0 https://hydrangeaderby.co.uk/march-2025/ https://hydrangeaderby.co.uk/march-2025/#respond Sun, 09 Mar 2025 15:18:30 +0000 https://hydrangeaderby.co.uk/?p=11373 March is the start of a new gardening year here at Hydrangea Derby and we’ve being making the most of the beautiful sunny weather to do some preparatory work. Our priority has been to start mulching the beds with woodchip kindly provided by Derby City Council. There’s always time though for the volunteers to have […]

The post March 2025 first appeared on Hydrangea Derby.]]> March is the start of a new gardening year here at Hydrangea Derby and we’ve being making the most of the beautiful sunny weather to do some preparatory work. Our priority has been to start mulching the beds with woodchip kindly provided by Derby City Council. There’s always time though for the volunteers to have a break, drink some tea, and have a chat.

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