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Hydrangea

Hydrangea macrophylla

1,538Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
108Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan3
Feb1
Mar15
Apr117
May233
Jun222
Jul436
Aug315
Sep129
Oct44
Nov16
Dec7

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cornwall England64
2Devon England57
3Sefton England32
4Cumbria England28
5Kent England26
6Gloucestershire England21
7Leeds England21
8Essex England20
9Surrey England19
10Highland Scotland19
11Lincolnshire England19
12City of Edinburgh Scotland18
13Suffolk England17
14North Yorkshire England17
15Cambridgeshire England16
37 England13 Scotland2 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 108 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,538
Peak month
July
Counties with records
108
Scientific name
Hydrangea macrophylla
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
713
Most recorded in
Cornwall, Devon
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Cornales
Family
Hydrangeaceae
Genus
Hydrangea
Name with authority
Hydrangea macrophylla (Thunb.) Ser.
Contributing datasets
12

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q159219 · GBIF 2985994