Happy Hydrangea Sunday
I am still enjoying the fruits of my labor with my gorgeous hydrangeas. The plants got so tall last year that I decided to cut them down to about 3” above the ground. I didn’t expect any flowers this year but low and behold, the plants grew back even taller and well, I took this picture two days ago and you see the flowers. I add aluminum sulfate to my soil to turn them blue, otherwise they are pink.
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Beautiful post
Their beautiful – my father had white and pink ones in his yard.
Thank you, mine are pink if I don’t change the ph in the soil. I love when I don’t water in the ph solution evenly and I will get pink, purple and blue color from one flower. I have never grown the white ones.
they are beauties!
Thank you Beth 🥰
Magnifique
Thank you Sheree 🥰
You did well cutting them down
I had no idea that would happen! I just wanted to make them shorter and they are taller this year than last. I must admit, I am happy to have the color in late summer when most of my other flowers are finished blooming except the mums are starting to bloom now too. Thank you Derrick!
I have a new hydrangea this year, so looking forward to the flowers…
I bet, how exciting! I never cut mine and bring them inside because I can see them from the entire north side of my house. They last much longer outside on the stem than they do in a vase. Beside that, I don’t have a vase that will hold flowers that big. Lol
I prefer to see them where they belong too…
Me too mine are glorious with having had 50+ inches of rain since June lol now to prune though I dread making the attempt.
I am so glad I am not the only one that hates pruning them. My arms bleed everywhere from all the stems!
🙂 It has rained so much here the blooms are bigger than my head on my Limelight’s and my Strawberry and cream are the same size as my forearm NUTS but gorgeous. 🙂
Well I never thought about all the rain making them so big! I usually have to water them at least every other day but they didn’t need much watering this year. I thought it was because I mulched them really well. 🤣 It sounds like yours were gorgeous Eunice!
🙂 Well here it was if I had an irrigation system watering daily lol I mulched 2 years ago with debris from a tree trimming company in the area who dumped here for me for free.
Nice!
Long time Diane n hope all is well. Hydrangeas we’re one of my mum’s favourites 👍😊
Yes it has been Margaret. What a beautiful flower to have as a memory of your mum, stay well Margaret.
It is my pleasure to be a part of your blogging family. I’ve learned a lot from you. Let’s keep this party going Goddess. Nice flowers too by the way. 🍷🍷🥰
I love that you are a part of my blogging family! You keep me on my toes. Thank you 🥰
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So pretty. I can’t get mine to bloom past August. I don’t know what I’m doing wrong.
You aren’t doing anything wrong. I think most of them stop blooming by the end of August. Mine are called Endless Summer Hydrangeas so they bloom longer.
Beautiful flowers, Diane! Still lots of summer left in your garden. 😊
Yes and the mums are just starting to flower.
That’s good to know. Thank you, I will look out for those.
Fab thankyou👌👍✨️
You’re welcome!
Hydrangeas are one of my favorite blooms – love the blue!
Mine too Mary, thank you!
There’s something about these flowers that bring a special kind of joy to my soul. I love’em!
I know what you mean. For me it is that the gigantic flower head is filled with so many tiny flowers and the way you can manipulate the color.
Thank you!
Just gorgeous Diane and so full of blooms. Mine are not as big and look a bit pitiful this year. Are these “Twist-and-Shout” Hydrangeas? I know the color of the blooms depends on the acidity in the soil. Mine are the same color but I don’t have soil additive.
Mine are called Endless Summer and they do bloom all summer. They are funny because if I don’t get all the soil wet with my mixture some will be pink and some even pink and blue. I love playing with the colors.
That is interesting that you can play with them like that – I didn’t have any additives, just went with the existing soil … Endless Summer. Will keep that in mind – still dwelling on what to do with the backyard next year. One thing at a time. Right now I am dealing with wildlife removal … a groundhog dug a huge hole and burrow in the backyard and I had a wildlife removal service set out bait and a trap … it did not catch the groundhog, but caught an opossum and I had to pay to have the opossum taken away and released in the woods. I hope I don’t have more opossums lurking about.
I feel for you Linda! Luckily we bought a trap years ago. So far this year we have removed 4 groundhogs and still have 1 left. Now that the garden is tore out he is eating my hosta plants. We have removed 3 moles and still have at least 1 left. After all the rain most of the runs are collapsing and we have open tunnels all over the yard and in my flower beds. I have decided to fill in the ponds since the egrets and blue heron ate all the fish. You can’t fight nature right? 🤣
Oh no, your beautiful ponds Diane – I feel badly for you. At least less work in the yard, but still. The egrets and heron are not going to stay away without the netting like you had before, which you then ask “why have the pond if you have to have netting?” Yes you can’t fight nature. This is not a rural area, so why we are suddenly getting raccoons, possums and groundhogs is anyone’s guess. So the pest removal guy took the opossum away Tuesday afternoon, brought back the empty trap today and baited it with more groundhog food pellets and about a dozen pieces of cantaloupe in the burrow and in the trap. I went out twice, but no groundhog. Sigh.
I hope you trap it Linda!
Wow! I hadn’t heard the aluminum sulfate trick. They are lovely in both colors.
Our soil ph gives me beautiful pink flowers but I love to change them blue. Thank you
They are beautiful!
Thank you Nancy!
Gorgeous!! I love hydrangeas.
Thank you! I keep saying I am going to let one be blue and the other pink but I don’t. I just love the blue color.
A treat for the eye.
I sure do love looking at them and even after their peak of color they continue to look good. Thank you Bernadette.
Hydrangeas were my grandmother’s favorite flower. I even got a tattoo of a hydrangea in honor of her. Thank you for your post as it reminded me of my grandmother.
That is special to get the tattoo, you can think of her everyday, so cool!
Just lovely!
Thank you!
Those are gorgeous!
Thank you Tierney!
Thanks for the tip re: aluminum sulfate. I didn’t know that!
Your flowers are so beautiful, and what a treat to enjoy them still, this far into September.
You’re welcome and thank you Ruth! I will cut them down again this year and hope they are just as beautiful next year.
Oh, I wish I could like your post 10x! Hydrangeas are such beautiful flowers. We used them as decorations on our guest tables at our wedding 27 years ago. Well done on changing the colour!
What perfect decorations for the tables! Our soil PH leaves them pink and I just love the blue. Thank you Corna!