I haven’t got any of the Oak leaf type, all of mine were from cuttings around various venues, dentist/doctors car parks, parks, gardens, my dad was an avid collector. 😀
Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.
As we have fine rain today I thought I should let you know that I left my hydranga alone as advised by Lyn and excited to say that I have quite a few flowers. I have uploaded a photo although a dull day and not yet in full bloom as I wanted to ask about the lower leaves changing colour. Should this happen or is there something wrong. Sure you will know the answer. Thank you.
These are a few cuttings planted out on the roadside verge, unnamed varieties, bits snipped off from main plants.
Another older plant, sowing how acid our soil is, it’s in full sun all day, it’s about 8’ across. The ones above, on the road are in complete shade. the white one in the background stays white, but goes a bit grey as it starts to die, but that’s what they do.
Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.
Thanks Lynn, I wasn't sure and they are dropping off on their own. Never be as beautiful as yours though with your acid soil. Going to use colourant next year in the hope I can make my hydranga blue.
A lot of people love their pink ones, some people hate that gaudy purple colour. I’m I know you can buy stuff to turn the blue, not sure if it works very well, you may end up with a sludgy punk/purple. Trying to change your soil sometimes isn’t a good idea. When we lived in London many years ago, my mum loved her pink ones. Here’s a photo from the 60’s, I think hydrangeas must be in my blood now, we’ve had them for as long as I can remember.
(just look at those flares on my mum😀)
Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.
I do hope that they don't turn out punk/purple. Your Mum looked great in that photo and flares back in fashion now. I have to say I wore them myself. I'll let you know next year whether or not I have a punk hydranga or not.
Fair warning, these are not beautiful shots. Last week we visited our old home, which we still own but only visit a couple of times a year. These have had almost nothing done to them since we moved 8 years ago, and this was before I'd done any deadheading or pruning or weeding.
This is hydrangea macrophylla 'Homigo' (x3). It seems to be remontant and produces pink and purple blooms all season. There are a few buds and new blooms here, but it would be better with a regular pruning routine. It was originally underplanted with other things, but the hydrangeas have filled out the entire bed now. The blooms dry a darker pink. If we ever stay at the house longer than a few days at a time I may fiddle with color adjustment to see if they'll go blue.
This is a row of hydrangea paniculata 'Limelight'. The one in the foreground is probably about 10' tall. These need to be trimmed significantly since you can't see over them while standing on the porch but I couldn't bear cutting all those blooms off. They got trimmed back about two years ago because they were blocking the entire sidewalk. The biggest flowerheads are enormous - about a foot long and 8" diameter. Lesson - give 'limelight' plenty of space to shine!
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The ones above, on the road are in complete shade.
the white one in the background stays white, but goes a bit grey as it starts to die, but that’s what they do.
@Flower252. Don’t worry about those leaves, they’ll drop off or you can cut them off.
I’m I know you can buy stuff to turn the blue, not sure if it works very well, you may end up with a sludgy punk/purple. Trying to change your soil sometimes isn’t a good idea.
When we lived in London many years ago, my mum loved her pink ones.
Here’s a photo from the 60’s, I think hydrangeas must be in my blood now, we’ve had them for as long as I can remember.
(just look at those flares on my mum😀)
This is hydrangea macrophylla 'Homigo' (x3). It seems to be remontant and produces pink and purple blooms all season. There are a few buds and new blooms here, but it would be better with a regular pruning routine. It was originally underplanted with other things, but the hydrangeas have filled out the entire bed now. The blooms dry a darker pink. If we ever stay at the house longer than a few days at a time I may fiddle with color adjustment to see if they'll go blue.
This is a row of hydrangea paniculata 'Limelight'. The one in the foreground is probably about 10' tall. These need to be trimmed significantly since you can't see over them while standing on the porch but I couldn't bear cutting all those blooms off. They got trimmed back about two years ago because they were blocking the entire sidewalk. The biggest flowerheads are enormous - about a foot long and 8" diameter. Lesson - give 'limelight' plenty of space to shine!