On a recent trip to Longwood Gardens, I photograph some wonderful colors of big leaf hydrangeas. These were different varieties than I’d photographed earlier this year.

The first ones I photographed were Harlequin Big Leaf Hydrangeas. The white borders on the flowers were very dramatic and a great contrast to the bright colors.

(c) 2009 Patty Hankins

(c) 2009 Patty Hankins

The second variety of bigleaf hydranges are Mathilda Gutges – lots of soft colors. The way they were planted at Longwood created wonderful patterns and waves of flowers and color.

(c) 2009 Patty Hankins

(c) 2009 Patty Hankins