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hydrangea leaves bundled in linen (mordanted with alum, ash water, and soy milk), simmered in tapwater with two small copper fittings added.
Clean and Simple - one layer card using Simon Says Stamp Sentiment and Wendy Vecchi stamp/stencil set. The color is supplied with Ranger Distress Inks. Full description on my blog: penguinpapers.net/2015/03/07/hydrangea-missing-you/
Newly planted 'Limelight' hydrangea. This is a paniculata and can take sun, it also blooms on new wood. It will live between the small beautyberry and the pieris.
Hydrangeas are popular ornamental plants, grown for their large flowerheads, with Hydrangea macrophylla being by far the most widely grown with over 600 named cultivars, many selected to have only large sterile flowers in the flowerheads. Some are best pruned on an annual basis when the new leaf buds begin to appear. If not pruned regularly, the bush will become very 'leggy', growing upwards until the weight of the stems is greater than their strength, at which point the stems will sag down to the ground and possibly break. Other species only flower on 'old wood'. Thus new wood resulting from pruning will not produce flowers until the following season.
Hydrangeas are moderately toxic if eaten, with all parts of the plant containing cyanogenic glycosides.[4] Hydrangea paniculata is reportedly sometimes smoked as an intoxicant, despite the danger of illness and/or death due to the cyanide.[5]
In Japan, ama-cha, meaning sweet tea, is another herbal tea made from Hydrangea serrata, whose leaves contain a substance that develops a sweet taste (phyllodulcin). For the fullest taste, fresh leaves are crumpled, steamed, and dried, yielding dark brown tea leaves. Ama-cha is mainly used for kan-butsu-e (the Buddha bathing ceremony) on April 8 every year—the day thought to be Buddha's birthday in Japan. Ama-cha is poured over a statue of Buddha in the ceremony and served to people in attendance. A legend has it that on the day Buddha was born, nine dragons poured Amrita over him; ama-cha is substituted for Amrita in Japan.
In Korean tea, Hydrangea serrata (hangul:산수국 hanja:山水菊) is used for a herbal tea called sugukcha (수국차) or ilsulcha (이슬차).
The pink hydrangea has risen in popularity all over the world, but especially in Asia. Pink hydrangeas have many different meanings, but generally means, "You are the beat of my heart", as described by the celebrated Asian florist Tan Jun Yong, where he was quoted saying, "The light delicate blush of the petals reminds me of a beating heart, while the size could only match the heart of the sender!"
Kamigo Hydrangea Hill 上郷あじさいの丘
Kamigo Hydrangea Hill: On the slope of the hill on the border between Yokohama and Kamakura,
more than 200 types and about 3000 plants are planted by the people of the "Hydrangea Society"
in which neighboring residents participate. It is known as a famous place for hydrangea.
上郷アジサイの丘：横浜と鎌倉の境にある丘の斜面に，近隣の住民らが参加する「紫陽花の会」の人たちの手で
２００種類以上、約３０００株が植えられている。あじさいの名所として知られている。