Article Nº 2632 Plant Vol. II · p. 892

Hydrangea (Hydrangea hortensis)

Original title: Novelos (Hydrangea hortensis)

Plant

The hydrangea (novelos), an ornamental plant widely cultivated in Madeira, notably at Monte, Santana and Camacha.

A plant of the family Saxifragaceae, widely cultivated at Monte, Santana, Camacha and various other places on the island. It has blue or pink flowers, generally sterile, arranged in broad corymbs.

Places mentioned

Camacha
Monte
Santana

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