They are gorgeous!

Superb @chrysalids

(Not 9 but a Bobo "border" nonetheless https://www.houzz.com/discussions/5962812/a-bobo-border#26056494)

A friend of mine in Toronto sent me this picture of Bobo Hydrangea planted along a road. Pretty cool planting, but it seems like they would be ruined the first time a show plow cleaned the road.

That is a lovely planting!!

debra

@Tim Wood, for sure on the right side these hydrangeas will be "toast" once the snow plows come by. And even beyond that physical damage from the plow itself or excessive snow pushed onto the plants, breaking branches, Toronto uses tons of salt to keep roads (and sidewalks) ice free. And so on the left side, the hydrangeas, although set further back, they are next to a sidewalk which will also be plowed and salted. What a waste of resources.

(Looking more carefully at the planting, it appears that they have been planted in groups, with gaps every so often...maybe to let pedestrians enter and exit the sidewalk?)

(Btw, how does your friend know that these paniculatas are Bobos?)

Bobo is easy to identify because the blooms are so airy and the flowers cover the plant from top to bottom. He's a seasoned nurseryman that is familiar with Bobo and other H.p. cultivars, so I do not doubt his word.

I was just curious as more and more there had been newer compact paniculatas that have come on the market since Bobo first appeared.

(And again, given the # of hydrangeas showing in your picture, that is alot of time and monies that will have gone to waste by next spring :( )