Mophead Hydrangea 丸い紫陽花は「もじゃもじゃヘア」

Japanese follows English.　英語の後に日本語が続きます。

Hydrangea is a symbol of the rainy season in Japan, which usually starts in June. These hydrangeas are mophead hydrangeas I've found recently in a nearby park.

Blue mophead hydrangea 青の紫陽花

Looks like a "mophead"
モップ頭の紫陽花

Pink mophead hydrangea ピンクの紫陽花

Hydrangeas are grown across Japan including temples, some of which even called "hydrangea temples" attracting many tourists during the rainy season. (If you have a chance to come to Japan after Covid-19, visit "Hydrangea Temple" or Meigetsuin in Kamakura, Kanagawa prefecture, which is known for 2,500 blue hydrangeas.)

According to FTD's website, hydrangea has seven types, of which I have seen three so far, i.e., a mophead hydrangea (in the above photos), a lacecap hydrangea, whose head is, unlike mophead hydrangea, not round but flat with frilly edges, and a smooth hydrangea, which is white or lime green. 

The rainy season will be followed by infamous Japanese hot summer, so until then, I will enjoy these lovely and graceful flowers!!

If you want to see lacecap hydrangeas, read this.
If you are interested in smooth hydrangeas, click here!

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近所の公園の紫陽花です。色はまだ薄いですがとっても綺麗です。

ある英語サイトによると、紫陽花には大きく７種類あるそうで、私はその内、「mophead hydrangea（写真のモップみたいな丸い紫陽花）」、「lacecap hydrangea（ガクアジサイ）」、３週間前に見かけた「smooth hydrangea（白とライムグリーンの紫陽花）」の３種を見たことになります。

紫陽花と言えば梅雨。それとも日本人だけの刷り込みでしょうか｡｡｡

ガクアジサイにご興味ある方はこちら、白とライムグリーンの紫陽花に興味がある方はこちらもどうぞ！

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