Hydrangea aspera Hot Chocolate® has large lacecaps. Around the edge attractive pink flowers and in the heart blue fertile flowers at the end of sturdy brown red twigs. The underside of the leaf is striking burgundy. The top is chocolate brown, fading to deep green later in the season. Hot Chocolate® is a hardy shrub.x0dx0ax0dx0a'Hot Chocolate' won a bronze medal at the Plantarium exhibition in 2012.