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Linda, my wife, tells me this is a hydrangea, "Annabelle Lee", which is doing fine this year because of the cool spring.
At least that is the name I remember, from our annual Progress through the yard, re-introducing me to plants. SWMBO is the gardener, I dig as directed.
Annabelle Hydrangea
(Hydrangea arborescens 'Annabelle')
Hydrangea arborescens is native Iowa to New York in the north USA to Louisiand to Florida in the south.
Annabelle at 4' tall with numerous, nearly 1' diameter flower clusters is showier than the 10' tall species. 'Grandiflora' is another 4' tall variety with 6" flower clusters.
Hard pruning in late winter produces the largest flower clusters.
Hydrangea quercifolia (oakleaf hydrangea), a beautiful specimen from one of the Cambridge gardens I visited on Saturday.
Made this card to try out Tim Holtz's new limited edition autumn distress ink set. Absoluteloy love these colours. Stamp is Hero Arts hydrangea. Leaves are Spellbinders foliage dies. Seam binding is hand dyed.
The hydrangeas are now in bloom and the flowers are multi-colored. The water is from the rain that fell all day yesterday. But the hydrangeas look great!
Supplies: HA K5344 La letter, K5376 Hydrangea, distress inks fired brick, frayed burlap, antique linen and old paper.
Hydrangea flowers are produced from early spring to late autumn; they grow in flowerheads (corymbs or panicles) at the ends of the stems. In many species, the flowerheads contain two types of flowers, small fertile flowers in the middle of the flowerhead, and large, sterile bract-like flowers in a ring around the edge of each flowerhead.