Hydrangea serrata Mount Aso Unusual Edibles The fruit is small to

The fruit is small to medium-sized

early dessert Apple Ben’s Red is very like its parent

ovate leaves are deep green

but each is surrounded by four showy cream-coloured bracts which turn rose-pink as they age

bell-shaped flowers rise above the leaves

Hydrangea serrata Mount Aso Unusual Edibles The fruit is small toHydrangea Mount Aso Discovered on the slopes of Mount Aso in Japan, Hydrangea serrata Mount Aso is a low growing, compact, mound forming shrub, more compact and cold hardy than Hydrangea macrophylla. Clusters of lacecap flower heads are borne midsummer to autumn, bluish in very acidic soils, and pink in neutral to alkaline soils. Leaves are handsome, dark green, and oval, with toothed edges; they turn shades of red, orange and purple before falling in