Photos from the hydrangea garden found their way to a journalist in Japan who published an article in a Japanese magazine. It's in Japanese with no English translation at the moment but the images of our hydrangeas say it all. Horticulture Guide 2022 Summer Issue...
Hydrangea arborescens 'Emerald Lace' Hydrangea involucrata 'Hortensis'
Hydrangea macrophylla White Bouquet Hydrangea macrophylla 'Woodworth White'
Each year we find that some hydrangeas put on a much better display than in other years. These are a few pink mopheads that have attracted attention this year. Hydrangea macrophylla 'Eugen Hahn' Hydrangea macrophylla 'Golacha' ...
This is one of our more unusual hydrangeas. It's one of the scandens species and was planted in our garden in 2009. It grows to about 1 metre high and wide. The sepals will always be white with a lacecap arrangement. The detail in the flower head is...
Hydrangea macrophyllas normally flower all at once between July and August and then die back all together between September and October. Some hydrangea breeders are trying to develop everlasting hydrangeas that will keep producing new flower heads on new growth...
The gates are now closed, completing a very unusual year which affected us volunteers somewhat but left the hydrangeas completely unaffected. They were more worried about the late frost and early drought. Over Winter we plan to plant out more of the paniculata...
This one is interesting because of the muted tones of the sepals which are changing colour every week. The pink, green and creams are reminiscent of Hydrangea macrophylla Amethyst.
This aspera has given us a pleasant surprise this year. After not performing well for a number of years, a hard prune 2 years ago has brought new life. It's a late flowering one too so has lengthened the hydrangea season.
Photos taken this week show that hydrangeas will give you colour through October and on to November.