My Hydrangea are turning really BLUE! I just had to emphasize it!

This hydrangea shot is 100% inspired by some of the incredible hydrangea shots I've seen from Japan this spring/summer. A worthy attempt, I suppose, but I don't think I'll ever be able to capture the beauty of the hydrangea the way the Japanese can.

VanDusen Botanical Garden, Vancouver. July 2, 2007.

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Hydrangea with common green shieldbug (5th instar nymph).

This is a stereogram, to be viewed in crossview technique.

Separate images have been taken subsequently (the bug cooperated very well!).

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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Feb. 25, 2015

The flowers of a white Hydrangea macrophylla in the garden shot close-up.

Foreground: Hydrangea Quercifolia 'Harmony'

Background, left: Hydrangea Petiolaris

Background, right: Hydrangea Arborescens 'Annabelle'

Hydrangea was late this year, however they are Blooming now.

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Hortensia blanca

Too busy yesterday to go and look for something to photograph beyond the back garden. Been painting our dining room and chauffeuring KP and friends from a Birthday Party.

JOKEI TEMPLE

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Plymouth, Devon, England

i took a day off from the office, and bought a pair of rain boots. then i went to shoot hydrangeas. i feel refreshed :)

Hydrangeas <3

This is what it looked like when I first planted it but its gone pink in later years

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

In bloom, overlooking the terribly named Townshend Gut at the Ocean Gate Resort in Southport, Maine.

Photographed at Tantalus, Oahu, Hawaii.

Lime light hydrangea. The flowers open a soft green and then transition to white laced with pink.

March 7, 2015

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Hydrangea and daisies

Hydrangea with dark background

closeup of "white bouquet" hydrangea below.

Hydrangea in bloom at the apartment complex where my wife and i reside.

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A hydrangea in the flower garden.

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Taken in the garden while there was a tiny bit of remaining colour.

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