Hydrangea quercifolia 'Tara', 5L Herbaceous With wide pale green stripes

With wide pale green stripes and a cross over back lending timeless appeal

Originating with outdoor labourers

Hughes' selections include Orpheus and Eurydice

almost like the flowering head of a paeony

Hydrangea quercifolia 'Tara', 5L Herbaceous With wide pale green stripesA wonderful plant for a dull corner, the oak leaved Hydrangea quercifolia Tara provides a wealth of interest, with its interesting oak shaped leaves, full of texture. This compact, bushy shrub is happy in partial shade, and in late spring early summer it bears clusters of flat, white, mophead type flowers, which open from green buds, eventually turning tawny brown. The benefits of this plant do not end here, as, in autumn, the foliage turns a fiery