Purple Hydrangea

I was surprised to see this Hydrangea last weekend.  Being April, we are well into the Autumn season in Sydney, and these flowers have usually disappeared by the end of  Summer.  

Blue Hydrangea

 I was surprised to see this Blue Hydrangea flowering in February - usually these flowers are at their best in Sydney around Christmas and fade during January.

Pink Hydrangea

This lovely pink hydrangea in my garden always flowers around Christmas time, so I usually pick a bunch of the flowers for the table on Christmas Day.  Last year all the leaves were burnt from the intense summer heat, but we have had a cooler, wetter Summer this year in Sydney.

Flower of the Day - faded blue-green Hydrangea

This blue Hydrangea has faded to a delicate blue-green colour.

No more hydrangeas!  Next week will be something different on Flower of the Day.

Flower of the Day - Hydrangea in muted shades

Hydrangea flowers age nicely on the bushes developing muted shades of their original colour.  

Flower of the Day - Hydrangea buds in green, white and mauve

Hydrangea buds often have a greenish tinge, they develop colour as they open.

Flower of the Day - Blue and mauve Hydrangeas

Macro shot of a blue and mauve tinged hydrangea

Flower of the Week (again!) Hydrangea macrophylla

Flower of the Day - mauve Hydrangea

I have so many beautiful Hydrangea photos that I have to do another week of them!

Flower of the Day - Pink Hydrangea

Flower of the Day - Mauve-pink Hydrangea

Gorgeous clusters of Hydrangea flowers in shades of mauve- pink, tinged with white and blue.

Flower of the Week - Hydrangea macrophylla

Flower of the day - Hydrangea 

Hydrangeas seem to thrive in the warm humid Sydney summers and produce prolific flowerings.

Flower of the Day - Blue Hydrangea

Flower of the Day - Blue Hydrangeas

Flower of the Week - Hydrangea (Hydrangea macrophylla)

Hydrangeas are originally native to China, though they have become much hybridised and are now grown throughout the world. In Sydney they flower just before Christmas. The flowers, in clusters (corymbs) may be blue, mauve, pink white or red. There are two main groups, the hortensis or mop head hydrangeas and the lace caps.  The colour of the flowers can be altered by adding aluminium sulphate (for blue flowers) or lime (for pink or red flowers).