Photo credit: Jonathan Chua.

This 'Blue Ocean' cultivar of the Hydrangea macrophylla was apparently chosen by the curators to replicate a specific art history - İznik Ceramics. These brilliant cobalt blues and turquoise hydrangea were supposedly used to echo 16th-century Turkish ceramic art.

And an interesting botanic fact: The blue colour is actually not in the hydrangea gene. It's triggered by the acidity of the soil when the pH is below 5.5.

What are Hydrangeas? Hydrangea 101 Guide

Hydrangeas are most widely known for their flowers. The flowers are usually pretty large, and they come in a range of colors depending on the type of hydrangea. They can be white or pink or blue, sometimes purple and red. Really the only colors that we don’t see in hydrangeas are yellows and oranges, but most people will think of blue hydrangeas, which blues are not a very common color when it…

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