Beautiful shades of Indigo
by Lingfai Leung
Title
Beautiful shades of Indigo
Artist
Lingfai Leung
Medium
Photograph - Photographs
Description
I took this blue hydrangea flower bloom near my home and love the shades of blue indigo from the bloom which did not totally turn into the same color.
Hydrangea 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 hydrangeas reaching up to 30 m (98 ft) by climbing up trees. Schizophragma hydrangeoides and Hydrangea petiolaris are both commonly known as climbing hydrangeas. They can be either deciduous or evergreen, though the widely cultivated temperate species are all deciduous.
There are two flower arrangements in hydrangeas. Mophead flowers are large round flowerheads resembling pom-poms or, as the name implies, the head of a mop. In contrast, lacecap flowers bear round, flat flowerheads with a center core of subdued, fertile flowers surrounded by outer rings of showy, sterile flowers. The flowers of some rhododendrons can appear similar to those of some hydrangeas, but Rhododendron (including azalea) is in a different order. *
The blue and pink colors of hydrangeas flowers can be altered by the pH of soil except white hydrangeas. For example, pink color for the acidic soil whereas blue color for alkali pH. **Edited from Wikipedia - online Encyclopedia
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