A stunning lacecap hydrangea with dramatic wine45red sterile flowers which are curiously cross45shaped these surround clusters of pretty pink45white fertile flowers for a lovely contrast as with other hydrangea macrophylla the flowers change colour depending on your soil ph taking on rich purple hues in more acid soils compact in habit hydrangea macrophylla 39rotschwanz39 is an eye45catching deciduous shrub which would make a fantastic specimen in borders woodland gard