アジサイ(紫陽花[4]、学名: Hydrangea macrophylla)は、アジサイ科アジサイ属の落葉性灌木[5](落葉低木)の一種[6]。広義には「アジサイ」の名はアジサイ属植物の一部の総称である[7]。狭義には品種の一つ H. macrophylla f. macrophylla の和名であり[8][注釈 1]、他との区別のためこれがホンアジサイと呼ばれることもある。原種は日本に自生するガクアジサイである。
The Hydrangea is blooming now. In Japanese characters it is written as “shi you ka” (purple sun flower). Looking like violet sun rays, it blooms in the rainy season. One of its characteristics is that it changes color. According to the dictionary, it changes from green to white to blue violet. The one I saw this morning was almost green, harmonious with the rainy season. Actually it doesn’t dislike the rain at all. If you look at it, it seems to be enjoying the rain falling every day. Neither too gaudy nor too plain, it helps you not to feel the gloom of the rainy season.
In days gone by the words used to describe this flower were “changing heart” and “infidelity”. Its color changes were compared to the changes of the human heart, as when someone betrays a friend. However, I cannot help but feel that the flower is sincere in trying to create self-beauty by changing from one color to another. Moreover, I can only marvel at the wonder of how, in self sacrifice, it gives of itself to brighten our hearts a little in gloomy seasons. It really is like a