Hydrangea suggestions!

[WarriorN]

I'd love to find a hydrangea that looks lovely in the garden, and keeps its heads in to winter.

And for cutting and drying, flower arranging

Smaller mop type.

I adore little lime but it doesn't seem to keep its flower heads through winter.

Not that keen on pure white as they brown up but open to suggestions!

There was a lovely image on a Martha Stewart page but I can't find it now :/

No idea but following as I’d love the same for my garden. Really hope someone has some suggestions.

I'm at the point of knocking on doors and asking for a cutting of those I like the look of 😂

I think most people buy one and bung it in without much notice of what it is

Me too. Would love some suggestions

Not too bothered about pink/ blue; i understand the whole acidic soil and colour thing.

Not keen on the really dark ones though.

Ok coming back to answer my own thread.

I am going to try

https://www.sarahraven.com/products/hydrangea-macrophylla-madame-emile-mouillere

After accidentally stumbling across it in a Google search. Then sarah raven 'raving'

Debating whether to plant in full sun or semi. Sounds perfect - I like the green fading to pink idea.

There's some others I've found but struggling to get much info.

"Grin and tonic" not finding much on that though.

And early Rosa. Which seems to be a bog standard mop head that you get as a gift that can be planted out later. I think there's early blue too but I like the paler ones.

Hydrangea macrophylla 'Rembrandt Bella Pesche'
Is a back up. I don't want the red though.

•   <strong>*Common Name:
</strong>Grin N Tonic hydrangea
  

•   <strong>*Botanical Name:
</strong>Hydrangea macrophylla &#039;Hokomagrito
  

Seems to be an American variety

Hydrangea bride. Flowers all the way along each branch. Mine is doing well in semi shade. Hydrangeas usually die in my garden but this one has survived.

www.crocus.co.uk/plants/_/hydrangea-runaway-bride-snow-white-ushyd0405-pbr/classid.32/

Ooh sounds good!

Also Hydrangea macrophylla 'Hortbux' which is a very low growing one for edging and hedging.

That sounds a very different type of hydrangea, rather than a mop head, garlands of flowers.

This plant belongs to a new class of hydrangeas, and won the RHS Chelsea Flower Show Plant of the Year in 2018
Producing abundant flowers on each branch, it has since been nicknamed the 'garland hydrangea'. It really is a stunning plant, and makes a wonderful addition to gardens.

Very pretty

An alternative is to visit garden centres/nurseries now, and choose a plant which is performing well. (Similar to knocking on neighbours doors!)