Thursday 14 August 2014
Hydrangea is a genus of
70-75 species of flowering plants native to southern and eastern Asia (China,
Japan, Korea, the Himalayas, and Indonesia) and the Americas. By far the
greatest species diversity is in eastern Asia, notably China, Japan, and Korea.
Species in the related genus Schizophragma,
also in Hydrangeaceae, are also often known as hydrangeas. Schizophragma hydrangeoides and Hydrangea petiolaris are both
commonly known as climbing hydrangeas. Source
