Hydrangea Plants are very thirsty for water, especailly in the summer months. They require alot of attention in the sense that if they start to wilt you have to immediately get water to them. They will get to a point that the blooms will not be able to come back, at that time they need to be cut back, becuase in most cases the plant is still fine.Hydrangea common names Hydrangea and Hortensia) is a genus of about 70-75 species of flowering plants native to southern and eastern Asia (China, Korea, Japan, the Himalayas, and Indonesia) and North and South America. The flowers are extremely common in the Azores Islands of Portugal, particularly on Faial Island, which is known as the "blue island" due to the vast number of hydrangeas present on the island and Flores Island, Flores meaning flowers in Portuguese. By far the greatest species diversity is in eastern Asia, notably China, Korea, and Japan. Most are shrubs 1-3 m tall, but some are small trees, and others lianas reaching up to 30 m by climbing up trees. They can be either deciduous or evergreen, though the widely cultivated temperate species are all deciduous. Commercially the floral industry is using hydrangeas from California, Columbia, Peru and Holland. In recent years the quality of commercially grown hydrangeas has dramatically improved with beautiful antiques and bi colors readily available on a year round basis.
