Identifying a plant

Thank you all for pointing me in the direction of hydrangeas!

Mind you - mine is more tree-like than bushy, but presumably it is a variant - the flowers are spot on.

I like hydrangeas (any type) and have just bought a 'blue flower' one for DH but have planted it in a large pot because in our soil it would change to pink.

I don't really think so, Luckygirl - the leaves are smooth edged, yours are definitely dentate, so I stick by H. quercifolia (I'm very stubborn... )

actually, you're right, the leaves are oak leaf shaped NTW

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I do see what you are saying Nan - it is interesting. The leaves clearly do support the oak leaf lobby, but the flowers of the oak leaf variety are slightly different - the centre "buds" in my plant never do open to form a whole bloom ( as many of the photos of the oak leaf variety indicate) - what you see in the photo here is how it is throughout its whole blooming period.

It is also much more like a tree than a bush.

It is very lovely!

Your picture reminded me of my childhood Fairies of the Flowers and Trees book and He Guelder Rose.
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I googled Guelder Rose and the picture looks similar. Hope link works.

Nandalot has got it! Having seen a close-up of the flowers, Guelder rose immediately sprang to mind, so there you have it - Viburnum opulus.

Glad that's sorted...

Brilliant! - well done collective plant detectives!

That is a name I haven't heard for a long time - Guelder Rose!

Here's the spring back or close,
When the almond-blossom blows:
We shall have the word
In a minor third
There is none but the cuckoo knows:
Heaps of the guelder-rose!
I must bear with it, I suppose.

Robert Browning
A Lovers' Quarrel verse XVIII

Oh I love it..want one..the search begins..?

I have two farview! - not trying to make you !!