topic Re: My Hydrangeas in Garden

My Hydrangeas

mousiegirl — Sat, 27 Jun 2015 17:59:40 GMT

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mousiegirl — Sat, 27 Jun 2015 18:01:05 GMT

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mousiegirl — Sat, 27 Jun 2015 18:02:43 GMT

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Hooty — Sat, 27 Jun 2015 18:07:59 GMT

How pretty Mousiegirl, thanks for sharing!

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mousiegirl — Sat, 27 Jun 2015 18:11:11 GMT

@Hooty wrote:
How pretty Mousiegirl, thanks for sharing!

Thanks, hooty. Thanks to jazzmom, I am now able to post my pictures, will probably take me all day, as I am moving slowly, lol.

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terrier3 — Sat, 27 Jun 2015 18:24:52 GMT

Hydrangeas are one of my favorite flowers...yours are GORGEOUS!!!

Do you have to add anything to your soil to get the blue coloring?

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mousiegirl — Sat, 27 Jun 2015 18:24:08 GMT

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mousiegirl — Mon, 29 Jun 2015 01:16:57 GMT

@terrier3 wrote:
Hydrangeas are one of my favorite flowers...yours are GORGEOUS!!!

Do you have to add anything to your soil to get the blue coloring?

Thanks Terrier, and yes, I add aluminum sulphate as my soil is clay and akaline, but only about four hydrangeas have turned, the rest are resisting and are various shades of pink, though I specifically chose hydrangeas that would turn, so it is a long process. Would you believe that Nikko Blue is still pink? I would have thought that it would have easily turned color, but it hasn't, but Endless Summer has turned beautifully, three or four different colors on the bush.

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Sweetbay magnolia — Sat, 27 Jun 2015 18:30:54 GMT

Love the lace cap! Of course, the mop heads are a thing of beauty, too, but I have always had a soft spot for the lace caps. Gorgeous!

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mousiegirl — Sat, 27 Jun 2015 18:35:02 GMT

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mousiegirl — Sat, 27 Jun 2015 18:47:19 GMT

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JustJazzmom — Sat, 27 Jun 2015 20:06:13 GMT

@mousiegirl

Those are lovely to see!! I love seeing what people are growing in their gardens!!

At the lecture I attended a week ago, I found out its easier to turn pink flowers to blue than blue to pink.

Its going to take some time. Aluminum sulfate is a quicker acting agent to lower pH; sulfur is slower acting to lower pH.

@Sweetbay magnolia

I love my lace caps too!

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Lorik62 — Sat, 27 Jun 2015 20:20:43 GMT

Your hydrangeas are beautiful!! I have a Nikko Blue that is doing well so far this year. Thank you for sharing yours!!

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Lilysmom — Sat, 27 Jun 2015 21:29:07 GMT

Mousiegirl, so glad you posted. Hydrangeas are my favorite, least fussy shrub of all time! Love your photos. You are away ahead of us here in Nova Scotia. We are at least a couple of weeks away from flowers.

Keep the photos coming! If I can learn to resize photos i'll post more😀! LM

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mousiegirl — Sat, 27 Jun 2015 21:35:24 GMT

@Lilysmom wrote:
Mousiegirl, so glad you posted. Hydrangeas are my favorite, least fussy shrub of all time! Love your photos. You are away ahead of us here in Nova Scotia. We are at least a couple of weeks away from flowers.

Keep the photos coming! If I can learn to resize photos i'll post more😀! LM

I am still learning that. Jazzmom posted how to do it in this thread, so take a look at it. My format is different from her instructions, but it still put me on the right track. From "my pictures," I "crop", apply, and save," then come to a thread, hit the icon, and go from there, but still at times, I get the "too large" pop up. Sometimes I change the "full size" to medium or large, and then the picture posts, and sometimes that does not work.

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mousiegirl — Sun, 28 Jun 2015 03:58:07 GMT

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Nataliesgramma — Sun, 28 Jun 2015 13:54:50 GMT

Gorgeous!!! Thanks for sharing...

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mousiegirl — Sun, 28 Jun 2015 17:52:27 GMT

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terrier3 — Sun, 28 Jun 2015 18:07:08 GMT

I noticed that some of your hydrangeas are "purple" - a combination of the two!

Many of mine are purple, which is why I also planted some Blushing Bride varieties.

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mousiegirl — Sun, 28 Jun 2015 18:07:39 GMT