This is the most beautiful hydrangea in my garden - hydrangea macrophylla Jogasaki, a double-flowered lacecap from Japan. According to the Almost Eden website: The individual double blooms which surround the sterile inner blooms have been described by some as "miniature pink water lilies floating atop a pond". She didn't bloom at all last year but this year, she is glorious. Walking by, I tell her "thank you for blooming in my garden". She needs to be moved (very gently) to a site where she has room - maybe this fall ...
A lily bud floats in early evening above hydrangea macrophylla Jogasaki, a double-flowered Japanese lacecap. The sterile inner blooms [of macrophylla Jogasaki] are surrounded by open-faced outer blooms evocative of "miniature pink water lilies floating atop a pond" (see 2008 July). 
Hydrangea macrophylla Jogasaki - still the most beautiful hydrangea in my garden. In July the color was ethereal- the blue of a reflecting pond. In October, the color is concentrated and sweet - like the juice of ripened berries.
This is the most beautiful hydrangea in my garden - hydrangea macrophylla Jogasaki, a double-flowered lacecap from Japan. According to the Almost Eden website: The individual double blooms which surround the sterile inner blooms have been described by some as "miniature pink water lilies floating atop a pond". She didn't bloom at all last year but this year, she is glorious. Walking by, I tell her "thank you for blooming in my garden". She needs to be moved (very gently) to a site where she has room - maybe this fall ...
