Hydrangea means ‘water jug’. That fits, because this plant is always thirsty!
Plant passport
Hydrangea
Hydrangea macrophylla
- Origin
- Japan
- Family
- Hydrangeaceae
- Named since
- 1830
- Type of plant
- Flowering shrub
- Temperature
- 15–20 °Ccool indoors, frost-hardy outdoors
- Care
- It drinks a lot. Always keep the soil a little damp. Rainwater is best.
- Light
- Bright, but not in strong sun
