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Hydrangeas bloom in planters along Park Avenue on Manhattan's East Side. I love the green tones of the just-opening pom-poms.
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Brussels.
Sunday morning flower market.
Hydrangea macrophylla is a species of flowering plant in the family Hydrangeaceae, native to Japan. It is a deciduous shrub growing to 2 m (7 ft) tall by 2.5 m (8 ft) broad with large heads of pink or blue flowers in summer and autumn. Common names include bigleaf hydrangea, French hydrangea, lacecap hydrangea, mophead hydrangea, penny mac and hortensia. It is widely cultivated in many parts of the world in many climates
I was surprise to see that the Hydrangeas in all the public flowerbeds and some private garden have had the dried flowers removed.
I was always told in the UK to leave the dead flowers on to keep the new ones safe during a frost. As we don't get frosty weather (or not worth shouting about) apparently the Hydrangeas don't need protection.
Thank you for your favourites. :O)
symbolizes heartfelt emotions. It can be used to express gratitude for being understood. In its negative sense hydrangea symbolizes frigidity and heartlessness.
Hydrangea (pronounced /haɪˈdreɪndʒ(i)ə/, common names Hydrangea and Hortensia) is a genus of about 70-75 species of flowering plants native to southern and eastern Asia (from Japan to China, the Himalaya and Indonesia) and North and South America. The flowers are extremely common in the Azores Islands of Portugal, particularly on Faial Island, which is known as the "blue island" due to the vast number of hydrangeas present on the island. By far the greatest species diversity is in eastern Asia, notably China and Japan (See: Japanese Ajisai flower). Most are shrubs 1-3 m tall, but some are small trees, and others lianas reaching up to 30 m by climbing up trees. They can be either deciduous or evergreen, though the widely cultivated temperate species are all deciduous.
Hydrangea flowers are produced from early spring to late autumn; they grow in flowerheads (corymbs or panicles) at the ends of the stems. In many species, the flowerheads contain two types of flowers, small fertile flowers in the middle of the flowerhead, and large, sterile bract-like flowers in a ring around the edge of each flowerhead. Other species have all the flowers fertile and of the same size.
In most species the flowers are white, but in some species (notably H. macrophylla), can be blue, red, pink, or purple. In these species the exact colour often depends on the pH of the soil; acidic soils produce blue flowers, neutral soils produce very pale cream petals, and alkaline soils results in pink or purple. Hydrangeas are one of very few plants that accumulate aluminium. Aluminium is released from acidic soils, and in some species, forms complexes in the hydrangea flower giving them their blue colour.
Spent some time walking around the neighborhood this afternoon and taking photos of the spring flowers. I think these are hydrangeas.
Source: Dave's Garden. com, "Late summer is usually a tired time in the garden. Everything seems to be getting ready for a long winter's sleep and there isn't much blooming to keep things interesting. But if you have a few Hydrangea paniculata, your late summer garden goes from ho-hum to spectacular."
Well said, Dave. This is a pretty corner of the Agricultural Building on the Iowa State Fairgrounds. It's been two weeks since the fair, and this bush is really beautiful!
Hydrangea macrophylla (アジサイ) near Yasugawa in Moriyama City with Shinkansen and Mikamiyama in the background
The local pass-along clone, with very different foliage than the type, but otherwise fits the profile (see stem pic)
'Limelight'
Hardy Hydrangea
Hydrangea
paniculata.
A new hardy Hydrangea from Holland has just shown up in this area.
It is called the 'Limelight' and has unique bright chartreuse blooms that start in mid-summer and hold their bright right into autumn, when the blooms change color to a rich deep pink.
The autumn display of chartreuse and pink blooms on the same plant is breathtaking!
This is an easy to grow plant. You can practically just plop it in the ground and almost watch it start blooming.
Unlike most Hydrangea it has reliable flowering and flower color regardless of soil pH.
The flower heads are of good size, ranging from 6 to 12 inches and are held upright on the shrub.
The blooms are well distributed making a very nice plant and pretty display.
After only three months in the ground, full, full sun, lots of fresh air, it is blooming like mad with big, fat beautiful creamy, to bright white elongated blooms.
The bloods are very sturdy, and will stand up in a good wind which we sometimes see over our creek bank.
Most Hydrangea will quickly wilt in any kind of heat, or if the soil around them is allowd to dry even a little bit.
These guys only require medium moisture and are not as water dependent as the Hyd. Macrophylla.
Once established they will even tolerate drought.
What’s not to like??????
Up a creek in Southeastern Georgia
Hydrangea Cupcakes - vanilla sponge with vanilla buttercream.
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