Hydrangea Runaway Bride

Plant of the year at Chelsea Flower Show 2018, Hydrangea macrophylla Runaway Bride is a compact, small to medium-sized, vigorous, deciduous shrub, extremely floriferous, with a rounded habit and semi-trailing stems. Unusually for a hydrangea, it flowers all the way along the stems instead of just at the tips, giving it the name of Garland Hydrangea. The ovate, serrated leaves are deep green. From May to September, the shrub is covered with a profusion of pure white lace-cap flowers, often with a pale pink flush as they age; the colour is constant whatever the pH of your soil. Hydrangea Runaway Bride is excellent in large containers along a house-frontage, as well as in a border.

Site: Sheltered
Soil: Any moist but well-drained soil, acid to neutral preferred
Position: Partial shade
Season of interest: Late spring to early autumn
Hardiness: Fully hardy
Height: 4’ (1.2m) Spread: 4’ (1.2m)