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2018 hydrangeas bloom from the garden

Hydrangea . Hortensia

hydrangea in rock garden

my last hydrangea shot this year.

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VanDusen Botanical Garden, Vancouver, BC, Canada

Photo credit: Raymond Chan, Photomedia, Hydrangea Collection, December, 2008

Pouring down today so took a few pics of dried hydrangea flowers taken from the garden.

Messing about with freelensing (and a teeny bit of HDR toning)

Stamped Hydrangea with Peeled Paint and Worn Lipstick distress ink. Distressed bg with Tea Dye and Walnut Stain distress ink. Stamped tag and distressed with the same except also added the birthday definition and the envelope pattern with Walnut Stain using this month's layering technique. The tag started out to be the main bg of the card, but then I made a boo boo and trimmed it to use what was left as a tag. Has this happened to you?

Close up of the flowers

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!).

[syn. Broussaisia arguta]

Kanawao

Hydrangeaceae (Hydrangea family)

Endemic genus to the Hawaiian Islands (All the main islands except Niʻihau and Kahoʻolawe)

Photo: Kaʻala, Oʻahu

 

These are staminate (male) flowers. Flower color can be greenish blue, lavender, pink, greenish white yellow or cream.

 

Female (pistillate) flowers

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The fruits and flowers were eaten by early Hawaiians.

 

Etymology

The generic name Broussaisia was named in behalf of François-Joseph-Victor Broussais (1772-1838), a celebrated French physician and psycologist.

 

The specific epithet arguta means "sharp or sharp-tooted," likely referring to the sharp edges of the kanawao leaves.

Perhaps it's the grotty weather we had in June/July but our hedge of Hydrangea 'Ayesha' is magnificent this year! This is just part of it.

 

My first test of the Canon G1X's HDR 'filter' whereby the camera takes three images at varying brightness and processes them to produce one image with highlights and shadows well-balanced.

 

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When I walk to my library I pass this lovely hydrangea bush that I always admire. It is located outside someone's fence so I decided it was legal to help myself to the flowers in the fall when they started to turn. I was still nervous about being "caught", so I went there after dark and snapped off a few branches! I am pleased that they have dried very nicely!

As you can know the hydrangea is one of my favorit flowers. Around our home we have them in pots and in the ground. From both you see some examples.

See the whole serie from today.

 

Have a very nice weekend.

Foreground: Hydrangea Quercifolia 'Harmony'

 

Background, left: Hydrangea Petiolaris

 

Background, right: Hydrangea Arborescens 'Annabelle'

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

hydrangeas

pale blue in the rain

blue in the moonlight

~Masaoka Shiki

 

Hand dyed, hand spun Falkland sample..

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blossoms after the rain - and as much as I love living on the west coast, I miss these flowers in the spring...

飛鳥山公園 飛鳥の小径

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

Photographed at Tantalus, Oahu, Hawaii.

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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