Hydrangea macrophylla | Leuchtfeuer syn. Firelight Feather reed Grass These are the first flowers

These are the first flowers we bring in from the garden of the new season

Plants are drought tolerant once established however plants do thrive more with regular moisture and a layer of mulch will help to retain moisture over the summer months

We are thrilled to have many of these in the gardens here at Addenbrooke

these boxes look like books but have storage space inside

Aquilegia 'Munstead White' is a very pure white Aquilegia reputed to have been specially selected by early twentieth-century garden writer and designer Gertrude Jekyll in her garden at Munstead Wood in Surrey

Hydrangea macrophylla | Leuchtfeuer syn. Firelight Feather reed Grass These are the first flowersThis hydrangea Leuchtfeuer, also known as firelight, is a variety of Hydrangea that features large dome shaped clusters of flowers, in a beautiful striking raspberry pink colour. The flower heads are produced from summer through autumn and are complemented with large, green leaves as it grows to 1. 2 m tall and the same width. Great in mixed borders, around the base of larger trees, maintaining in a container, growing as an informal hedge, or planting