Growing a hydrangea at home, so beautiful that people from miles around come to admire it

Planting a hydrangea in front of your door really can charm everyone for miles around, but I've noticed that relatively few gardening enthusiasts in our country grow hydrangeas. So those of you who love hydrangeas can join me in getting to know hydrangeas a little better.

The hydrangea (Hydrangea macrophylla) originates from the Sichuan region of China and the Japan area, and was called "eight-immortal flower" in ancient times. As recorded in the Qing dynasty book "Hua Jing" (The Mirror of Flowers): "The eight-immortal flower is of the hydrangea kind. Because it has eight stamens on one base, clustered into a single bloom, it is named eight-immortal." When the ancients observed the flowers, they counted the decorative florets around the inflorescence and gave them more auspicious and elegant names.

There are many varieties of hydrangea, and the better-known ones are the following.

Titikte Palqiwa

Little Lime

Invincibelle

Edelweiss

In fact, these are also the 4 most famous colors in the hydrangea world. Speaking of color, everyone surely knows that the color of the same hydrangea plant can be adjusted; in fact, it is simply a matter of adjusting the pH of the soil. Acidic soil turns the flowers blue, alkaline soil turns them red, so adjust it yourself according to the color you like.

Hydrangeas prefer a warm, humid, semi-shaded environment, and the soil is best a loose, fertile, well-drained sandy loam. A major trait of the hydrangea is that it fears sun and heat and likes shade, with 60%-70% shade being ideal.

Actually, the hydrangeas generally bought outside, although priced higher than European roses and the like, are still on the expensive side, so here's a good piece of news for beginners: hydrangeas can be propagated by cuttings, and if you like, you can take plenty of cuttings, with a pretty good success rate.

Finally, let's all enjoy these absolutely beautiful hydrangeas together.

And last of all, as always, I wish you all the fulfillment of your heart's desires,

and a small-courtyard life of spring birdsong, summer cicadas, autumn falling leaves and winter drifting snow,

See you next time, and don't be a stranger.