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Recommendations for a white Hydrangea

alfharris8alfharris8 Posts: 513
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Could anyone give me a recommendation for a white Hydrangea please. 
I would like it to be brilliant white rather than creamy or greenish. Lace cap or Paniculata in preference to Mop Head and upto about 5 and a half feet in height.
Quite a wish list there. Ha ha.
Thank you. 

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  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    I'm not sure any of them are truly brilliant white. They all tend to have a cream, green or pink tinge.
    I have the oak leaf ones which have a paniculata type flower, and mine are around four and a half to five feet. 
    The autumn colour is the bonus. 





    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • amancalledgeorgeamancalledgeorge Posts: 2,736
    My macrophylla is a pure white...but unfortunately the GC hadn't specified the variety 5-6 ago when I first bought it. 

    To Plant a Garden is to Believe in Tomorrow
  • alfharris8alfharris8 Posts: 513
    Both pretty. What fantastic Autumn colour on the Oak Leaf one. 
    Thanks for posting the photos. 
    I had planted three Wedding Gown Hydrangeas which may whiten as time goes on but don't look quite right against Royal Wedding Poppy and Linaria Springside White. Hoping to find something more complimentary. 

  • DahliadelightsDahliadelights Posts: 63
    @alfharris8 this is my runaway bride hydrangea.  Photo doesn't do it justice as it does seem to have a blush tinge to it in pictures but looks very white usually!
  • alfharris8alfharris8 Posts: 513
    I have seen that in the garden centres and certainly a possibility as the White is whiter and any blush would not look out of place. Thanks. 
    Nice to look at other people's plants, bit like snooping in supermarket trolleys. 
  • DahliadelightsDahliadelights Posts: 63
    @alfharris8 its a lovely plant, been flowering like mad for several weeks now and its in a fairly small pot at the moment definitely recommend it  :)
  • Fran IOMFran IOM Posts: 2,872
    @Dahliadelights  Love the design of your garden. Looks very well thought out.  :)
  • DahliadelightsDahliadelights Posts: 63
    ah thanks @Fran IOM its very much a work in progress!
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