"T" wrote in message
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This year I have lost this plant

http://www.flickr.com/photos/plantsf...en/4565798151/

can anyone tell me what it is (I think it is in the hydrangea family) and
where I can buy one.

Looks like a Hydrangea.

They had some Hydrangeas in Lidl today but I don't know which variety.

Nearly all garden centres sell them.