you will have to feed (A) copper or (B) a dandelion solution made from the roots and soaked in a bucket and then 50mls to a litre of water and just sometimes it works and keeps them blue.
Pink mophead macrophylla hydrangeas will stay pink on chalky soil. They will turn mauve/blueish if your soil is acid.
However, my guess is that your hydrangea isn't a macrophylla - it sounds like H paniculata 'Limelight' or similar - the lime content of the soil won't affect its colour.
Does it have a label?
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
dove no it doesn't just from tesco, our soil is acid i think judging from lots of successful camellias rhododendrons in neighbours gardens, i haven't tested soil, thanks mike for details, it may be worth testing as although i like blue this is one of the prettiest i've seen,
I noticed, last weekend, that my mop-head has got some buds on it. Not leaf buds,(they've been there sometime now) but flower buds!!! I live in the West Midlands so not a particularly mild area.
watching gw i'm fairly sure is macrophylla know advice to keep pink is alkaline soil just don't want it to turn dark or go reddish, phoned tesco cust services to get exact variety still waiting to hear back
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you will have to feed (A) copper or (B) a dandelion solution made from the roots and soaked in a bucket and then 50mls to a litre of water and just sometimes it works and keeps them blue.
But she wants to keep it creamy pink!
Pink mophead macrophylla hydrangeas will stay pink on chalky soil. They will turn mauve/blueish if your soil is acid.
However, my guess is that your hydrangea isn't a macrophylla - it sounds like H paniculata 'Limelight' or similar - the lime content of the soil won't affect its colour.
Does it have a label?
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
My paniculater still looks like a dead stick
My vanilla fraise has only just barely started budding, perhaps they are later than the others.
Mine too Lily
dove no it doesn't just from tesco, our soil is acid i think judging from lots of successful camellias rhododendrons in neighbours gardens, i haven't tested soil, thanks mike for details, it may be worth testing as although i like blue this is one of the prettiest i've seen,
If it doesn't have a label can you show us a pic, then we'll know whether it's a macrophylla or not
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Dad used to bury bits of iron underneath his hydrangeas, down in Devon. They were all shades of mauve - very pretty.
I noticed, last weekend, that my mop-head has got some buds on it. Not leaf buds,(they've been there sometime now) but flower buds!!! I live in the West Midlands so not a particularly mild area.
watching gw i'm fairly sure is macrophylla know advice to keep pink is alkaline soil just don't want it to turn dark or go reddish, phoned tesco cust services to get exact variety still waiting to hear back