Hydrangea (Hydrangea anomala)

Family: Hydrangeaceae | Edibility: Edible (3/5)

Bloom Color: Lavender, White. Main Bloom Time: Early summer, Early spring, Late summer, Late spring, Mid summer, Mid spring. Form: Rounded.

Edible Parts & Harvest Seasons

Edible Parts: Leaves, Sap/Syrup

Harvest Seasons: Early Summer, Spring, Winter

Flavor & Culinary Uses

sweet sap is used as a drink. — A cucumber taste.; The Japanese crush the leaves and use them fresh with miso.; A boiled concoction of the leaves is used to make a syrup.; The sweet sap is used as a drink.

Habitat & North American Range

Shady ravines to 2100 metres in the Himalayas. Dense to sparse forests in valleys, along stream banks, or on rocky mountain slopes at elevations of 500 - 2900 metres. (Zone 4, Zone 5, Zone 6, Zone 7, Zone 8)