Hydrangea aspera Anthony Bullivant Pears Quince & Medlar like a maple’s

like a maple’s

The flowers have a medium to strong musk fragrance and are attractive to pollinators

the shrub bears big trusses of reddish-purple flowers with white margins to the petals

the fruit becomes moderately sweet and good to eat if left to ripen fully on the tree

Clip lightly in spring to keep neat

Hydrangea aspera Anthony Bullivant Pears Quince & Medlar like a maple’sRough leaved Hydrangea Anthony Bullivant An elegant, compact cultivar of the rough leaved hydrangea, Hydrangea aspera Anthony Bullivant is much more suitable than the species for smaller gardens. Its a medium sized, deciduous shrub with a bushy, upright habit and lance shaped, velvety, deep green leaves with reddish purple undersides. Big, flattened heads of lacecap flowers are borne from July to September, the tiny, purplish pink fertile florets