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Change the pH of your soil and you change the color of hydrangea. Acidic soil with pH lower than 6.0 gives us blue or lavender-blue. While alkaline soil with pH over 7.0 gives us pink and red blooms. Hydrangea are one of the few flowers that change color relative to the pH of the soil they grow in.
Belgium.
National Botanic Garden.
Hydrangea (/haɪˈdreɪndʒ(i)ə/;[1] common names hydrangea or hortensia) is a genus of 70-75 species of flowering plants native to southern and eastern Asia (China, Japan, Korea, the Himalayas, and Indonesia) and the Americas. By far the greatest species diversity is in eastern Asia, notably China, Japan, and Korea. Most are shrubs 1 to 3 meters tall, but some are small trees, and others lianas reaching up to 30 m (98 ft) by climbing up trees. They can be either deciduous or evergreen, though the widely cultivated temperate species are all deciduous.
The hydrangeas in my yard are turning from blue to green but only the ones in the shade. The blooms that get full sun are faded with scorched edges. I picked a giant bouquet of the greenish hued ones to enjoy and photograph in my kitchen.
I have always loved hydrangeas but I have never had any luck growing them...yes you read right...there is something I can't do lol...but...I will conquer this glitch in me...kidding!
Hydrangea like to be in shady area/filtered light...they don't tolerate strong sun, I guess that's why I have trouble growing them..our garden gets too much Sun and we don't have big enough trees, to shelter them!
Anyway to cut the story short so as not to bore you...yesterday, I went to do some shopping and they were selling these gorgeous, amazing hydrangeas...I just couldn't resist, I had to buy myself one...
I think we should all buy ourselves a treat sometimes...this is my treat and as an added bonus, I get something beautiful to photograph lol..
I hope you like it!
Have a great night/day everyone!
With love
Nat :)
hydrangea macrophylla can be blue, red, pink or purple depending soil pH. Acidic soil usually produces a color closer to blue.
natural light plus front flash, focus stacked and mirrored.