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Maui, Hawaii

My hydrangeas are showing promise this year.

Hydrangeas in the garden, 26 July 2008

It was a wonderful sunny day here, and the hydrangeas are not quite finished.

Canon EOS 5D Mark III × EF24-70mm F2.8L II USM

Here are two more varieties of hydrangea. In the first comment column below is posted Lacecap Hydrangea and in the next, Limelight Hydrangea.

繡球花

My mom has the most gorgeous hydrangea bushes. They do NOTHING to them - no water, no weeding, no pruning - and every year they are more beautiful than the last. Dammit I forgot to pick a bouquet to bring home. I have a puny little pink bush whose blooms would look lovely with the blue...

hydrangeas at Hase temple. Kamakura, Japan.

hydrangeas at Hase temple. Kamakura, Japan.

Hydrangea in my parents garden.

Hydrangeas retain their stunning beauty as autumn progresses. One hard frost and they will be gone for another year. 7th November 2009, Bodnant Garden, North Wales.

Hydrangea macrophylla in the West End of Vancouver.

Shooting in 29-3 Park

Asukayama Park

Kita Ward, Tokyo, Japan

this is the same hydrangea i have photographed before when it was brilliant blue. it never developed more blossoms, they all now face the ground. i really like the beautiful color variation that has developed.

Hydrangea

The spent flower of the hydrangea.

My wife's Hydrangeas.

My wife loves to grow hydrangeas. I love to photograph them. That makes for a pretty good match.

Question: Why are the hydrangeas in England multi-coloured on one bush whilst in Australia, depending where you live you get either blue or pink?

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My mother's garden

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Zenit xp12 58mm / Kodak Colorplus 200

Hydrangea, the name, comes from the Greek words "hydro" or water, and "angeion," or vase = water vase, they prefer a lot of water.

A very ancient plant, found in fossils going back thousands of years.

In most species the flowers are white, but in some species (notably H. macrophylla), they are blue, red, pink, light purple, or dark purple.

In these species the colour is affected by the presence of aluminium ions which are available or tied up depending upon the soil’s pH content.

For H. macrophylla and H. serrata cultivars, the flower colour can be determined by the relative acidity of the soil: an acidic soil (pH below 7), will have available aluminium ions and typically produce flowers that are blue to purple, whereas an alkaline soil (pH above 7) will tie up aluminium ions and result in pink or red flowers.

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Very much appreciated. M, (*_*)

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