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Thin purple hydrangeas are forward in blossom, and a lot of blue hydrangeas are in blossom backward.
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
Although I haven't posted my Hydrangea lately, I'm still working on it. I have to finish it soon. Here's how it looks now.
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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.
Whatever I did (or didn't do) worked ... my hydrangea's are loaded with blossoms this year. The photo is not as crisp as I would like it. I've been using my 50 mm lense, but switched to my kit lens to work on improving my photos with it. Am missing the faster lens, but the practice is good!
Hydrangea macrophylla (アジサイ) near Yasugawa in Moriyama City with Shinkansen and Mikamiyama in the background
My hydrangea is very old and it came with the house. I have moved it from on side of the house to the other. It's a veraity that's probably quite close to the wild species, so the flowers are not that spectacular as more recent cultivars. But I think this one is more beautiful in its subtle apparition.