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Description

One of the most desirable recent Hydrangeas! 'Runaway Bride' erupts in summer with snowy white flowers, lasting all season long!

With proven pedigree, crowned 'Plant of the Year' for 2018 at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show, you can bring award-winning style to your garden with this shrub.

'Runaway Bride' produces snowy flowers along the length of its branches which can take on an attractive pink tint as they age - a far cry from normal hydrangeas that often only flower at the tips of shoots.

Also known as the 'Garland Hydrangea', due to the profusion of lacecap blooms, this variety could be grown as a centrepiece in pots and even hanging baskets.

Introduced at the premier UK flower show, Hydrangea 'Runaway Bride' was bred by world-renowned expert Ushio Sakazaki who also brought us trailing Surfinia Petunias, so this is a hydrangea with a superb pedigree.

Eye-catching in pots and planters on the patio or decking, the flowers dry on the plants and retain their appeal for a very long time, often until the middle of winter and you can even use the flowers in dried flower arrangements.

Supplied as an established plant in a 14cm pot, approximately 20-25cm tall, ready to plant.

Top Tips

Hydrangeas do not like to dry out. In dry weather, soak the roots with a hose and the plant will usually recover, and in any case, water regularly until plants are fully established.

Care Information

Really low maintenance - just plant in position, water well, and add some fertiliser - they�ll burst into growth and flower profusely all summer!
This plant is at its best in a compost-enriched, moist soil as long as it is well drained, in sun or partial shade.
Can be planted in sun or light shade.
Hardy in the UK, frost can cause a lot of damage to young buds, reducing the number of flowers, so it�s advisable to protect your plant with fleece if freezing weather is likely.
Remember to water regularly and deeply.
Pruning:
Leave the faded hydrangea flower heads in place until the new buds swell in spring to protect the delicate new shoots from frost damage - they look gorgeous covered with frost, and of course they'll provide shelter for overwintering wildlife.
Cut back the flowered stems to a strong pair of buds in early spring.
Remove any branches that are damaged or dead as well as any that are misplaced.
After pruning hydrangeas, apply a mulch of well-rotted manure or compost around the base of the plant.
Once established, remove a quarter to a third of the shoots to the base of the plant each year to encourage the production of new, replacement growth that will carry more flowers.

Delivery Information

Our experienced team at the nursery will always carefully package and send your plants nursery fresh in the perfect condition to thrive once you receive and plant them. Although most plants are extremely tough and will not be affected by all but the most extreme of weather conditions, we always avoid dispatching the most perishable plants if extreme frosts or heat is forecast. We also avoid dispatching orders over Bank Holiday weekends.

Please allow us 3-5 working days to dispatch your order. If you have ordered a 'pre-order' item, these will be sent out as soon as possible after the quoted dispatch date and we generally ship your entire order with any pre-ordered items. Once your order has been dispatched, we will send you an email with details on how you can track it.

We send most of our orders via a fully tracked courier service with Yodel. We will send you a tracking link as soon as your order has been dispatched. To avoid perishable items being stuck at depots and deteriorating, we will not require a signature on delivery, and we ask out couriers to leave your item in a safe place ad your delivery address.

*Please note, once your item has been delivered, we cannot be held responsible for loss or theft from your delivery address. If you have delivery instruction and require our courier to leave your item in a specific place, please let us know - there is an option to leave a message for the courier at the checkout.

For smaller and single-item orders, we may send these via the post with Royal Mail - Tracking will not be available for orders sent via this method.

**Please note, we cannot guarantee delivery on a certain day or time. Delivery to outlying postcode areas may take 1-2 days longer, dependent on your location.

For all orders, a small delivery fee of £4.99 will be charged or spend over £49.99 for FREE Delivery!

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