Hydrangea aspera Kawakamii group

A particularly lovely form of the species from the mountain forests of Taiwan. Broad bold softly hairy leaves with purple-pink petioles and pale veins, topped by large flattened multi-tiered lace-cap heads of deep violet, with white sterile florets, borne late during autumn. Flower colour is the same on acid or alkaline soils. Makes a large hardy spreading deciduous shrub, enjoying semi-shade.