RHS Plant of the Year 2014 Hydrangea macrophylla Miss Saori Hillier Nurseries. Chosen by a panel of RHS judges from 20 shortlisted new plants.
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RHS Plant of the Year 2014 Hydrangea macrophylla Miss Saori Hillier Nurseries. Chosen by a panel of RHS judges from 20 shortlisted new plants.
Gardening Jules 
What a lovely flower. The shape of the petals as well as the colour. I think they made a good choice, don’t you?
Out of the 20 shortlisted I liked the Gaura ‘Freefolk Rosy’ the most, I put that one on yesterday, which did not make the top 3. 2nd was an Iris with black falls and 3rd an orange Gerbera, both of which were a funny do! The Hydrangea is growing on me though. 🙂
Ooh yes, that Gaura’s lovely too!
I would have preferred the Gaura too and the fabulous green and white Clematis Maria sklodowska Curie. The name is a bit tricky to spell though.
Yes, me too for the Clematis, beautiful and apparently named after Marie Curie, the Sklodowska part was her maiden name. Wikipedia gives a handy but unintelligible guide as to how to pronounce that!
I loved this, so very pretty.
Its growing on me, I liked the Gaura ‘Free folk Rosy’ more and the gorgeous Clematis that Chloris from the Blooming garden also liked definitely deserved a top three place. The Iris and Gerbera in 2 and 3 were not my cup of tea.
This is a bit frilly for my taste but I bet i’s lovely in person. The Clematis Maria sklodowska Curie you and Chloris were discussing sounds nice too. susie
Its a wee bit frilly for me too Susie, I feel a bit of a philistine when esteemed judges choose something I do not really get. That lovely Clematis did not get placed, but made the top 20.
Gorgeous! I wish I had a good spot for it! I haven’t even seen it here yet.
Its new this year and introduced by Hilliers Nursery, I should think she will make a spectacular plant.
Very beautiful! Love to see each year if my hydrangeas are going to be blue or pink! 🙂
check out my recent post on my Japanese Iris!
Michael
http://michaelswoodcraft.wordpress.com/2014/06/06/japanese-iris-in-bloom/
Thanks, your Japanese Iris are rather lovely.