flower/plant id please
 

hello, my wfe has seen these growing wild and liked the colour, could someone please tell me what they are and are they suitable for a small garden?
many thanks

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Where did she see them growing wild? They are mophead Hydrangeas, and perfectly suitable for a small garden. If she saw them in Cornwall, then the blue is because the soil there is highly acid. In alkaline soil they flower pink.

thanks for the reply, they are in a place near Wigan.

here is another photo

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flower/plant id please
 

We have them growing wild on the Cliff Walk between Sandown and Shanklin on
the Isle of Wight.

Can get very large and sprawley and need to be cut hard back if you don't
have the room. My parents had one near one of the front entrances to their
hotel and it regularly had to be 'hacked' back

Mike

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alan1572;854670 Wrote:
hello, my wfe has seen these growing wild and liked the colour, could
someone please tell me what they are and are they suitable for a small
garden?
many thanks

[image:
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y22.../DSC_8509.jpg]


Where did she see them growing wild? They are mophead Hydrangeas, and
perfectly suitable for a small garden. If she saw them in Cornwall,
then the blue is because the soil there is highly acid. In alkaline
soil they flower pink.




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beccabunga