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Hydrangea

Hydrangea macrophylla

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Field Notes

Description:

A popular ornamental plant native to Japan. Medium-sized leaves with serrated edges. "The inflorescence of Hydrangea macrophylla is a corymb, with all flowers places in a plane or a hemisphere or even a whole sphere in cultivated forms."

Habitat:

Garden

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Hydrangea macrophylla

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Comments (3)
Liam
Thanks Gerardo, Great info, ceherzog! These are growing very near a grove of Loblolly Pines.
ceherzog
I guess you have acidic soil...the plant works like litmus paper...if the soil is alkaline the flowers would be pink.

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PublishedNovember 27, 2012

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