Late Summer Hydrangea

This hydrangea did not flower at all last year, and this year, it's starting late but gaining some lovely, large flowers.  The blue color is so vivid against all of the greenery in the yard.

A little history about the hydrangea below.

Native to southern and eastern Asia (from Japan to China, the Himalaya and Indonesia) and North and South America. The flowers are extremely common in the Azores Islands of Portugal, particularly on Faial Island, which is known as the `blue island` due to the vast number of hydrangeas present on the island. In the 18^th century, Hydrangeas were brought to England and they quickly became a very popular flower throughout Europe.