Hydrangea macrophylla ‘Mariesii’ Pollinator unexpected show in the winter

unexpected show in the winter garden

'Alison' is a sister selection to the famous 'Alice

and carries the frilled trumpet flowers of one parent on the willowy

Livestock that graze the plant in the South American homeland develop a slow

Deer leave the fibrous leaves alone

Hydrangea macrophylla ‘Mariesii’ Pollinator unexpected show in the winter'Mariesii' is a piece of hydrangea history still in commerce. In the late 1870s the English plant hunter Charles Maries, collecting in Japan for the famous Veitch nursery, sent home the first lacecap hydrangea to reach the West, at a time when European gardeners knew only the round mopheads. That introduction, named 'Mariesii' in his honor, opened Western eyes to the wild, flat topped grace of the lacecap and became the parent of a whole line of