Hydrangea panticulatum

This is an Hydrangea panticulatum
I am not sure of the exact variety, although we have always know it as The Bride. However, I cannot find any of this plant with that name
'October Bride' or 'Brussels Lace' don't quite seem to be the same
It is a very pretty addition to the garden

 

Sam a sheer joy and delight.

 

It`s beautiful Sam,

there are some called The Bride in our local Bents Garden Centre.

 

Nice and healthy looking, So pretty.

 

There is a Hydrangea paniculata "Bridal Veil", a variety introduced by De Belders (who bred many variety of this species in Belgium) in 1990.
May be that is the one? Can't readily find pics of it.

 

Mmmh, probably not, Bridal Veil has serrated sepals, apparently:
http://www.esveld.nl/htmldiaen/h/hypbve.htm

 

It`s definitely called The Bride at the garden centre-I chose the limelight over it-it was a close call, but I have that white one already.

Do they give them "debut" names Ivory?

 

If you google Heronswood gardens, they offer lots of varieties. I've gotten most of them from there, can't begin to tell you all the names, lost track. I think I have 10 varieties, and that is a quick mind visual.

 

Well, variety names are a fascinating topic. Many garden cultivars have several, for one reason or the other. May be different people are trying to smuggle the thing as their own discovery, or may be the same thing was really found twice. Some cultivars are "patented" under a certain name but then the commercial name is different, to get more response from the public. My favourite hydrangea would probably be Hydrangea quercifolia "SNowflake", but she was registered as "Brido" (sic), just to stay in theme. ANother I like very much is "Hanabi", and you may also find her as "Fireworks", which is the literal translation of the original japanese name. ALways among hydrangeas there is a number of swiss hybrids called with birds names, like Taube (pigeon), Elster (magpie), Fasan (pheasant) and so on. They are all large lacecaps, called generically Teller in german (=dish), and the english speaking nurseries they often just list them as blue,pink, or purple teller, which with such fickle plants as these is quite a joke. Plenty of such stories in every genus, I am sure.
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