Ha Sun-hye: Hydrangea Guide

Hydrangeas are plants native mainly to the Northern Hemisphere. They are found across East Asia, especially China, Korea, and Japan, as well as in North America and many other countries, including Vietnam and India. Today, many new cultivars are also produced in places such as Colombia in the Southern Hemisphere and exported around the world. This book includes 2 genera, 71 original species, 10 subspecies, 4 varieties, and 876 cultivars, with more than 1,000 images, including photographs taken by the author in the field. Many people think of only the few hydrangea varieties they have personally encountered, but in reality hundreds or even thousands of cultivars are being developed. Using cultivar names as they are can raise issues involving royalties or patents, so importers, growing farms, and sellers often refer to diverse hydrangea cultivars collectively as “hydrangeas.” This situation is not especially complicated, and better approaches will likely be needed in the future. The hydrangeas featured here are listed in scientific-name order. Older species that are not well known today and species that are rarely cultivated are described only by their classification and characteristics. Even for the same species, personal experience is very important in cultivation. Conditions such as sunlight, soil composition, and water composition all make a difference, and the author hopes this book will help readers address those challenges, even a little.

Korean title: 수국도감

Korean author: 하순혜

Korean publisher: 현대아트콤

ISBN-13: 9791185396330