Hydrangea
Most hydrangeas grown in British gardens have glossy dark green leaves and large flower-heads. This hydrangea, however, has dull green leaves with bristly hairs on top and a grey down underneath. Its huge flowers appear from late summer to ... [... more]
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Hydrangea
Pruning: It isn't essential but can be done each spring as new shoots appear. With established plants, just remove about one-third of the older, less productive stems and cut back old flowering stems to a strong pair of buds. Leave the old ... [... more]
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Hydrangea
The basics species of this large bushy North American shrub has flowers that are a mixture of tiny fertile florets and the larger more showy sterile ones, which in fact have coloured bracts in place of petals. The variety 'Annabelle' has only ... [... more]
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Hydrangea
This is a large or medium-size shrub, sometimes a small tree, from China and Tibet. It is characterised by the large flattened flower heads on arching stems in late summer and autumn, each 15cm (6in) head comprising a mixture of tiny fertile blue ... [... more]
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Hydrangea
The basic species, H. paniculata, is a large or medium-size shrub, sometimes a small tree, from China and Japan. It is characterised by the large cone-shaped flower heads it bares on arching stems in late summer and autumn, each head comprising a ... [... more]
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Chinese Snowball
This hardy, vigorous shrub is ideal for a woodland garden or a large shrub border. The Chinese snowball produces large blousy flowers in late-spring. These start off green but gradually turn the purest white, like small hydrangea heads. It's a ... [... more]
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