Friday 4 July 2014

Hydrangeas



                                                    Hydrangeas 

 

This year I decided to forgo the basket dropped into 
this black urn at my front door and plant Hydrangeas instead.

   






I was a little skeptical
and thought how will they survive ...... 
and will they go from white blooms to blue.


After doing some research I picked up a box of soil acidifier.

I added it to water per the directions and watched with delight
the changing of the colour. This happened over time. (not magical)




 
From a creamy white to to a light purple.
 















 


                          Then they changed to blue.









What a beautiful show they are having at my front door.









                  In the fall I will plant them in the garden
near my pink hydrangeas and continue with the acidifier.

             I have for many years grown white annabelle
                 hydrangeas but never beautiful blue or pink.

We have a hydrangea in the side garden that has never bloomed since
we moved here 5 years ago. So I decided to wrap it in burlap last fall
and not to prune it till this spring. Guess I did something right.
It's flowering ...I also added the soil acidifier to this plant.
I can see the pink showing through.   

Can't wait for it to bloom!! I will definitely take pictures to show.



                     How are your plants blooming!!

                   As always thanks for stopping by!
                           Love hearing from you !


                                  Linda