{"product_id":"a1j1_hydrangea-botanical-water-bottle-japan-native","title":"A1J1_Hydrangea Botanical Water Bottle | Japan Native","description":"\u003ch2\u003eFlower Details\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCommon name:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hydrangea\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCountry of origin:\u003c\/strong\u003e Japan\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eRegion:\u003c\/strong\u003e Asia\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eBottle Specifications\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHigh-grade stainless steel\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e17 oz (500 ml)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDimensions: 10.5″ × 2.85″ (27 × 7 cm)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVacuum flask\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDouble-wall construction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBowling pin shape\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGlossy finish\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOdorless and leak-proof cap\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKeeps liquids hot or cold for 6 hours\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHand-wash only\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAbout the Hydrangea\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCommon name:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hydrangea (also known as hortensia)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eScientific name:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003eHydrangea\u003c\/em\u003e (genus, family Hydrangeaceae)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNative region:\u003c\/strong\u003e Asia and the Americas; greatest species diversity in eastern Asia, notably China, Korea, and Japan\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePlant height:\u003c\/strong\u003e Most species are shrubs growing 1–3 m (3 ft 3 in – 9 ft 10 in) tall; some are small trees, and others are climbing lianas that can reach up to 30 m (100 ft)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFlower colour:\u003c\/strong\u003e Most commonly white across species; \u003cem\u003eH. macrophylla\u003c\/em\u003e and related cultivars produce blue, purple, pink, or red flowers depending on soil pH\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFlowering season:\u003c\/strong\u003e Early spring to late autumn\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat It's Known For\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eA genus of over 70 species:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hydrangea encompasses more than 70 flowering plant species distributed across Asia and the Americas.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNatural pH indicators:\u003c\/strong\u003e The flowers of many hydrangeas change colour based on soil acidity — acidic soil (pH 5.5 or below) produces blue flowers, alkaline soil (pH 6.5 or above) produces pink flowers, and soil in between yields purple.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe colour-change mechanism:\u003c\/strong\u003e In species such as \u003cem\u003eH. macrophylla\u003c\/em\u003e, flower colour shifts are caused by the availability of aluminium ions in the soil, which interact with the flower's pigments. White hydrangeas are unaffected, as they produce no colour pigment.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIts name means \"water vessel\":\u003c\/strong\u003e The word \u003cem\u003eHydrangea\u003c\/em\u003e derives from the Greek \u003cem\u003ehúdōr\u003c\/em\u003e (water) and \u003cem\u003eángos\u003c\/em\u003e (vessel), a reference to the shape of the plant's seed capsules.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAn earlier name tied to astronomy:\u003c\/strong\u003e The botanist Philibert Commerson attempted to name the flower \u003cem\u003eLepautia\u003c\/em\u003e in honour of French astronomer and mathematician Nicole-Reine Lepaute, though the name \u003cem\u003eHortensia\u003c\/em\u003e prevailed instead.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTwo distinct flower types:\u003c\/strong\u003e Each flowerhead typically contains two kinds of flowers — small fertile flowers at the centre and large, showy sterile flowers (with prominent sepals) at the outer ring. Cultivated varieties have been selectively bred for more of the larger, decorative flowers.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTwo flowerhead forms:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hydrangeas grown in the mophead style bear large, round, pom-pom-like clusters, while lacecap varieties display flat, open flowerheads with a ring of showy outer flowers surrounding a compact centre.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDeciduous and evergreen forms:\u003c\/strong\u003e The genus includes both deciduous and evergreen species, though the widely cultivated temperate varieties are deciduous.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFirst formally described from North America:\u003c\/strong\u003e The genus was first described from Virginia, North America, despite the majority of its species diversity occurring in eastern Asia.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eThe Story\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe season announces itself before any flower does. In Japan, it arrives as a grey softening of the sky — the \u003cem\u003etsuyu\u003c\/em\u003e, the plum rains — weeks of low cloud and steady drizzle that drench the hillsides and fill the temple gardens with a particular kind of stillness. It is the season that belongs, almost entirely, to one plant. Walk the stone paths of Kamakura in June and you will understand why. The hydrangea — \u003cem\u003eajisai\u003c\/em\u003e in Japanese — does not merely survive the rains. It blooms because of them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe name the plant carries in English comes from ancient Greek: \u003cem\u003ehúdōr\u003c\/em\u003e, water, and \u003cem\u003eángos\u003c\/em\u003e, vessel — a reference to the shape of the seed capsule, but also, perhaps unintentionally, a perfect description of what the plant does. It drinks. It holds. It transforms moisture into colour. A hydrangea grown in acidic soil produces flowers in deep blue or violet; shift the soil's chemistry toward alkaline and the same plant blooms in pink or red. This responsiveness — the flower as living record of the earth beneath it — has made the hydrangea one of the more scientifically fascinating plants in any garden. The colour you see is not fixed. It is a reading.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBotanically, the genus Hydrangea spans more than 70 species across Asia and the Americas, with its greatest diversity concentrated in China, Korea, and Japan. The genus was formally first described from Virginia, North America, though it is in eastern Asia that the plant found its deepest cultural roots. The name \u003cem\u003eHortensia\u003c\/em\u003e, still used widely in Europe, carries its own history: the botanist Philibert Commerson had tried to name the flower \u003cem\u003eLepautia\u003c\/em\u003e in honour of Nicole-Reine Lepaute, the French astronomer and mathematician — a gesture that was quietly overridden by history. Lepaute's name was never formally attached to the flower, but the attempt itself is worth noting: a scientist trying to write a woman's contribution into the botanical record, through a flower.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn Japan, \u003cem\u003eajisai\u003c\/em\u003e is inseparable from the rainy season — the two arrive and depart together. The flower carries a particular emotional weight in Japanese culture: it is bound up with heartfelt feeling, gratitude, and sincere apology — sentiments that ask something of you, that require you to mean what you say. Nowhere is the \u003cem\u003eajisai\u003c\/em\u003e season more celebrated than in Kamakura, where temple gardens such as Meigetsuin and Hasedera draw visitors who come not despite the rain but because of it — to watch the light change through the clouds, and the flowers shift colour at the edge of a stone path.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere is something in the hydrangea's nature that rewards the closer look: a flower that changes with its environment, that reads the soil beneath it and responds, that holds its bloom across an entire season of weather. That quality — of being genuinely responsive rather than merely decorative — is what makes it worth carrying. Which is why Hibiscus chose this story to travel with you: a bottle named for a flower that transforms water, holds it, and reminds you that what nourishes you is always shaped by the ground you're standing on.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eWhat It Stands For\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe hydrangea stands for quiet resilience — the capacity to bloom fully in difficult conditions, and to change colour not despite your environment, but because of it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eThe Perfect Gift\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor the person in your life who loves the natural world — who has a soft spot for flowers, feels most at home outdoors, or simply appreciates a beautiful thing that means something real.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGive it for a birthday, a milestone, or any day that deserves a gift she'll actually use. Whether it goes on the trail, to the desk, or on the kitchen bench — it'll be reached for every single day. And every time she does, she carries a story from somewhere real, something that has lasted.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNot just a bottle. The whole story. She just gets to drink from it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e","brand":"Hibiscus Studio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54067208028503,"sku":"HB-A1J1F08-S13","price":34.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1031\/7555\/3367\/files\/bottle_front_V02_01.13_c0aa43b8-adb0-44fa-8270-ad846a3ff8d6.png?v=1784474298","url":"https:\/\/hibiscusstudio.co\/products\/a1j1_hydrangea-botanical-water-bottle-japan-native","provider":"Hibiscus","version":"1.0","type":"link"}