It was in the Proceedings of the Linnean Society in December 1858 that Hooker and Thompson described a new species of hydrangea they had discovered in Sikkim, in the temperate Himalaya, flowering in August of the previous year. They named this Hydrangea ‘robusta’, describing it as a small tree with strong branches – arbor parva, ramisContinue reading “Is Hydrangea robusta taxonomy robust?”
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White House Farm Open Day on Hydrangea aspera
“Per aspera ad astra“ That quote punningly just about sums up this season for Hydrangea aspera: translated as roughly ‘Through asperities (hardships, adversities, rigours) to the stars.’ The ‘aspera’ in H. aspera is usually taken to refer to the rough texture of the underside of the leaf, but I have not since 1976 experienced suchContinue reading “White House Farm Open Day on Hydrangea aspera”
White House Farm Garden and Arboretum 