did you buy it as an easter gift .... or as a garden plant.. straight into the ground ...

i dont recall where you are ..

in my MI ... that thing could not .. in flower like that ... [ergo it was forced into early bloom for the holiday] ... for at least 6 to 8 weeks ...

brings back lot of memories of dad taking the boys out to buy mom easter plants ...

ken

Very pretty and nice; Miss Saori or a competitor? Miss Saori won an award in 2014 in England so this one is either Miss Saori or I guess it takes about 7 years to develop a clone. But enjoy nonetheless! It is gorgeouos. Just one question, Splendour is a pink rebloomer hydrangea not a white with dark pink edges hydrangea. Did you take a picture of the wrong plant label? Down here, we only have some early Merrit Supremes. They are usually an early shipment; we get more varieties closer to Mother's Day.

btw .. if it were mine.. i would keep it close.. to enjoy it ... in full bright shade.. the cooler the better to extend bloom ...

i would NOT plant it until bloom is over.. because odds are.. the transplant will stress the plant.. and you will very quickly lose bloom ... and that would just be a waste ...

so plant it after blooming ...

but i would not bring it in the house as we did those easter flowers.. because that will speed flower deterioration also ... but boy could an easter lily fragrance the house l. i still cant walk by them.. or hyacinth in the store.. without stopping for a deep whiff ...

ken

Ken,

I'm sure they were all forced, probably for Easter. I am in the Atlanta area and planted it into an 18" pot last week, sitting under a big beech tree that is still leafless. We just came back from Walmart a few minutes ago and the Easter lilies and Dutch hyacinths sure perfumed the indoor gardening area.

Luis,

The tag information is all I could find on this hydrangea. I no longer worry about names but if it looks good then I scoff it up else the next time it will be gone and I will be the loser. Buy when it is there and worry about a name later on (even if I can never find the name).

Here is a list of what they have so I am leaning towards "In strong pink" or "In rose"?

Enlarging my view of the tag I see that it is apparently a European (Kanmara) origin series grown in Canada (Aldershot) with the side bar having a number (with an "H" at the front) after Hydrangea macrophylla with this number being the cultivar name. And this assumption being reinforced by the number being followed immediately by the phrase "protected variety". All of which means there are three avenues of information you can pursue for background including the associated European web site, the web site of the Canadian grower and the cultivar name.

Contemporary commercial interests do this kind of naming in order to protect their monetary interest. Through the use of plant patents, registered trademarks and unappealing cultivar names. With at least part of the idea of the latter being that purchasers will use the patented or trademarked names in preference to these clumsy or even unpronounceable cultivar names. And thereby unwittingly reinforcing the ownership of the originating businesses that have been granted those patents or trademarks by the USPTO.

Such is being done by companies that can afford the involved expenses because otherwise once a new cultivar is on the market anybody can propagate and sell it without paying any royalties to those who came up with it and put it out.

According to that number on the tag, that is the cultivar name for what is sold under the tradename of Kanmara Splendor In Rose.