Blooming lovely: Garden resembles a Monet painting as warm weather sparks giant hydrangeas
A BRITISH garden is enjoying a bumper crop of hydrangeas as big as a human head - leaving the estate looking like a large Monet painting.
The combination of heavy rainfall over winter followed by prolonged sunny spells and warm temperatures has produced the most colourful season for the flowers.
Pictures at the attraction today show hydrangeas and lilies near a small crossing - looking like Monet's famous work Water Lilies and Japanese Bridge.
Caretakers at Trebah in Mawnan Smith, near Falmouth, Cornwall, say the climate has produced the biggest hydrangeas ever.
This year has been one of the best flowering displays ever
Head gardener Darren Dickey said: "This year has been one of the best flowering displays ever and with more flowers still forming the hydrangeas will continue to light up the valley for weeks to come.
"The older flowers also bring added interest during the autumn with the whites taking on pinkish tinges and the blues going a lovely emerald green."
The garden is home to more than two acres of hydrangeas which normally flower from mid-July to late autumn and occasionally as late as Christmas.
Their signature blue or pink colours are determined by the acidic soil in the area.
More unusual form sat Trebah include Hydrangea quercifolia with its white flowers and Hydrangea arborescens with large white pom poms.