Isithombe: Indlovukazi ye-Snow Hydrangeas

Isithombe sithwebula kahle i-Snow Queen oakleaf hydrangea (Hydrangea quercifolia 'Snow Queen') ngokuqhakaza okuphelele, sibonisa inhlanganisela yayo ehlukile yobuhle namahlamvu ezakhiwo. Isici esiphawuleka kakhulu yizimbali ezinde, ezimise okwe-cone ezibusa ukwakheka. I-panic ngayinye iminyene igcwele inqwaba yama-florets anamacembe amane, amafomu awo acwebezelayo futhi athambile, ahlelwe ngokwezendlalelo ezincibilika kahle. Izimbali zishintsha ngethoni ukusuka kokuluhlaza okotshani okuthambile okumhlophe phansi ukuya kokumhlophe okucwebezelayo kumathiphu, okudala ukulenga okucashile okwengeza kokubili ukujula nobusha kusibonisi. Ifomu labo elinde, elijikijelayo libenza bahluke kuma-mophead ayindilinga wamanye ama-hydrangea, okuletha umuzwa wokunyakaza nokuma ku-shrub.

Ngaphansi nasezindaweni ezizungezile amaqoqo ezimbali kukhona isici esiphawulekayo se-oakleaf hydrangea: amaqabunga ayo adephile, amise okwe-oki. Amaqabunga aluhlaza okotshani futhi makhulu, anama-angular lobes alingisa ukuma kwamaqabunga e-oki futhi anikeze ingemuva elimangalisayo ezimbalini. Ukwakheka kwawo okungaphezulu kumbi, kunemithambo egqamile egijima ku-lobe ngayinye, enezela ekubukekeni kwawo okumazombezombe kanye nesakhiwo. Umumo wamaqabunga wethula umehluko oqinile wombhalo ngokumelene nokuthambile kwezimbali ezimhlophe, okwenza zombili izakhi zigqame ngokucace kakhudlwana.

Iziqu, ezibonakala ezindaweni, ziqinile futhi zixutshwe nama-hues ansundu ngokubomvu, zinikeza ithoni ephansi efudumele evumelana kahle namahlamvu aluhlaza kanye nezimbali ezimhlophe. Lezi ziqu ezinokhuni azisekeli nje kuphela isisindo sama-panicle asindayo kodwa futhi zinezela ekuthakaseleni kwesitshalo ngezikhathi ezithile zonyaka, ikakhulukazi ekwindla nasebusika lapho amaqabunga ewa ukuze aveze amagxolo awo akhiphayo.

Ukukhanya esithombeni kungokwemvelo futhi kusabalaliswa kancane, cishe ukukhanya kwasemini okuhlungiwe. Lokhu kukhanya kugqamisa ubumsulwa bamacembe amhlophe ngaphandle kokugeza imininingwane yawo, kuyilapho kuveza izithunzi ezithambile ezinikeza ubukhulu be-panicle. Ukuhlangana kokukhanya nesithunzi eqabungeni eligobile kudala ukujula, kugcizelela ukuthungwa okumangelengele kwamaqabunga kanye nokungafani kwawo nokushelela kwezimbali.

Ngemuva, ukuqhubeka kwezimbali namaqabunga kuhlehla kancane ngaphandle kokugxila, okuphakamisa ukuba khona kwesihlahla esiminyene, esichumayo noma iqoqo lezitshalo. Ingemuva elilufifi lithuthukisa umbono wokujula futhi liqinisekisa ukuthi ama-panicle ezimbali amaphakathi ahlala eyindawo okugxilwe kuyo.

Sekukonke, lesi sithombe sihlanganisa ingqikithi yeNdlovukazi Yeqhwa: i-hydrangea cultivar ehlanganisa izimbali ezinhle, ezinde ezinamahlamvu agqamile, afana ne-oki. Icwengekile futhi iyamangaza, isitshalo esingafuni ukunakwa nje ngezimbali zaso, kodwa namahlamvu aso kanye nokwakheka kwawo. Lesi sigcawu sithwebula umzuzwana wobukhazikhazi baphakathi nehlobo, lapho isihlahla sifinyelela isiqongo saso—siluhlaza, sikhazimula, futhi sigcwele ukuphila—ubufakazi obuhlala njalo bobuhle bokungafani kwemvelo.

Isithombe sihlobene: Izinhlobonhlobo ezinhle kakhulu ze-hydrangea okufanele zikhule engadini yakho