Ooooh, I like it too! Very nice.

That bicolor specimen is the latest from Ryoji Irie. :)

I've got one on pre-order at Phoenix Perennials to be picked up later this summer. It looks like this is the only place in Canada that has them so far. They do have a mail order section but unfortunately this one has to be picked up at the nursery.

Annette

I saw an unflattering picture on the Internet (but I can't find it now though). The leaves were dark green to blackish and the blooms may have been "old" (which suggests that the picture may have been taken in the Fall). So while the bloom is young, bloomage may be very nice like in the pictures.

If the mature blooms do not look as nice or if the leaf-blooms look does not look as nice by late Summer or by the Fall, just prune the bloom asap to see if the shrub will still have time to develop a new one before going dormant.

From what I've seen, there has yet to be an exceptionally hardy white with red-edge picotee with ruddy foliage.. So whenever you do get it, best of luck growing it in Canada!

I will be playing around with them though. Salsa might go back in ground in a year or two once it is larger. There is also the Dutch Ladies series (available from Hydrangeas Plus) and a lacecap with large flowers that goes by a few names including Dark Angel.