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[GingerPeach]

My one and only hydrangea, the "antique" variety, gave me some nice blooms this year.  Not bad for a postage-stamp sized yard.

[Lilysmom]

@GingerPeach, such a beauty.  My favorite shrub!  LM

[BirkiLady]

@GingerPeach  This will bloom on old wood. Do you ever amend the soil for pink or blue blooms? Hydrangeas are a favorite of mine, but I only have panicullta (new wood) varieties.

[GingerPeach]

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@BirkiLady wrote:

@GingerPeach  This will bloom on old wood. Do you ever amend the soil for pink or blue blooms? Hydrangeas are a favorite of mine, but I only have panicullta (new wood) varieties.

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This is not the type of hydrangea that blooms pink or blue depending on soil.  It's the "antique" variety, that blooms as shown, @BirkiLady.

I don't want pink or blue; I bought it because of the variety of color.

[BirkiLady]

@GingerPeachThen, it blooms on new wood? Sounds like a newer variety, rather than an "antique" hydrangea. I don't understand what you meant by that phrase. (Sounds like a plant received from a grandparent perhaps?) Mine don't require any amendment to the soil either as I explained by the variety. Is yours a Macrophilla? Or one of the other three varieties?

You did not mention what variety yours is or the name. I'll elaborate further: Mine are strawberry vanilla, Limelights and Little Limes. 

[GingerPeach]

You might just want to do a Google search, @BirkiLady

As I said, the variety is "antique."

You may wish to consider starting your own thread on other varieties.

[mousiegirl]

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@BirkiLady wrote:

@GingerPeachThen, it blooms on new wood? Sounds like a newer variety, rather than an "antique" hydrangea. I don't understand what you meant by that phrase. (Sounds like a plant received from a grandparent perhaps?) Mine don't require any amendment to the soil either as I explained by the variety. Is yours a Macrophilla? Or one of the other three varieties?

You did not mention what variety yours is or the name. I'll elaborate further: Mine are strawberry vanilla, Limelights and Little Limes. 

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[GingerPeach]

@mousiegirl

I am not interested in any color other than what this "antique" variety is providing.  I did not ask for any assistance in changing its coloration.

I know all about acidic and basic soil.

This thread took a really wrong turn.

I posted a simple picture.  

[mousiegirl]

@GingerPeach  Antique hydrangeas are not a separate species from fresh Hydrangea macrophylla; the simple truth is that the majority of hydrangea blooms will naturally reach this unique, antiqued look given enough time and, of course, proper care and atmospheric conditions.

[GingerPeach]

Not once did I say they were a separate SPECIES, @mousiegirl

I said they were a VARIETY.

Please read the OP, and disregard any other posts that I did not make.  Those are completely irrelevant.

I do not need an education on hydrangeas or anything else.  Good grief!