• Common name : Bigleaf Hydrangea
• Scientific name : Hydrangea macrophylla
• Family : Hydrangeaceae
• Native land : China, Japan and parts of Russia
Bigleaf hydrangea is a deciduous shrub. It is a very popular flowering shrub. The flowers are mostly produced in June and July but newer cultivars (that flower on new growth) flower through the summer. Depending on the particular cultivar, this plant bears one of two types of flowers. Plants with large globe-shaped flowers are called mopheads. Plants with flat flower clusters are called lacecaps; lacecaps are composed of a ring of showy large sterile florets on the outside and the centre is composed of less showy fertile flowers. They are produced in group or mass in the shrub border.
