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Hydrangea flower up close. Focus should have been a little further back, but the arrangement is interesting.
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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I was impressed how well and tall the Hydrangea grow in the gardens around the Village of Volcano on the Big Island of Hawaii.Though not native to Hawai’i, these colorful plants with 8 inch wide "pom-pom" blooms have earned the Hawaiian name “pōpōhau", which means snowball. The Hydrangea on the Big Island are mostly of Hydrangea macrophylla. This very popular variety came to Hawai'i from China and can be a wide range of colors, This plant was growing in the yard of the house where we stayed,
Seen in the garden of Villa Carlotta in Tremezzo, Italy.
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Not quite sure how all this happened. It was raining so toddled out to our garden, camera in tow. I saw this hydrangea mostly covered by leaves from the angle I was at. So I clicked away and this is what turned up.
I fiddled around the Picnic, toned it up a bit with the temperature & colour bar added some vingette and framed it.
Hydrangea arborescens 'Annabelle' hortensia
Nu liggen ze door de vele regen plat op de grond en de bloemen zijn al naar groen verkleurd .
This is the ghost of a flower and even though its life is over, it retains a haunting beauty! I forgot to prune off the spent blossoms of this Hydrangea after it flowered last summer. It had the most brilliant, electric blue mophead blooms I have ever seen. It will have a good long rest, for now it won't bloom again until I give it a good haircut.
I'm in the market for some great glass.....this is my first ever shot with a macro. It's a Canon 100mm 2.8L that I rented to try before I buy....very much fun to shoot with!