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Vintage glamour

Vintage glamour
Hydrangeas are enjoying a renaissance due to their sheer variety, reliability and beautiful blooms. Find out how to grow and care for these timeless plants

These hardy, deciduous shrubs that flower from mid-summer to autumn have seen a resurgence in popularity over the past decade. No longer seen as old-fashioned and languishing in shrubberies, replaced by the trend for perennials and grasses, flowering shrubs are again championed and valued for their use in our gardens, with hydrangeas a clear favourite. Grown in sun or semi-shade, on their own or planted en masse in

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