Every year I make time to stop on the way into the office to admire the beautiful plant pots in the Pimlico estate courtyards - one little corner always has a spectacular array of hydrangea types.
Thank you for all the fine comments on trotting snail. Try as I might I found no mini beasts in amongst the plant pots.
They are gorgeous. I wish I could grow hydrangeas here in NSW, we used to have them in the garden when we lived in Melbourne, but the soil here doesn't suit them.