Hydrangea - Hydrangea

Japanese: アジサイ - あじさい

A deciduous shrub of the Saxifragaceae family (illustration), widely planted in gardens for decorative purposes. It is a symbolic flower of the rainy season. In kanji, it is often written as "hydrangea" as a common kanji. The trunk grows in clusters, reaching a height of about 1.5m, and is well branched. The leaves are opposite, without stipules, stalked, large, thick, glossy on the upper surface, and almost hairless. They are obovate in shape, with sharply pointed tips and sawtooth edges. In June and July, many spherical flowers bloom at the ends of the branches. Most of the flowers are decorative, with large sepals that have become petal-like, and are generally a beautiful blue-purple color, but there are also varieties that are white and pale pink.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

観賞用として広く庭園などに栽植されているユキノシタ科の落葉低木（イラスト）。梅雨時の象徴的な花である。漢字では慣用として紫陽花を当てることが多い。幹は群生して高さ1.5mくらいになり，よく枝分れする。葉は対生して托葉はなく，有柄，葉身は大きく，質が厚く，表に光沢があり，ほとんど毛がない。形は倒卵形で先は鋭くとがり，ふちに鋸歯がある。6～7月，枝の先に球状に多くの花をつける。花は大部分が萼片が大きくなり花弁状に変化した装飾花で，一般に美しい青紫色であるが，白色や淡紅色などの品種もある。

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