We (Southerners) LOVE our Hydrangea bushes!!!

 

Fascinating plants, hydrangeas.  When the soil is acid (low pH) the blossoms are blue.  When the soil is alkaline (high pH) the blossoms are pink.  When the soil is neutral (pH 7.0) the blossoms are white!!!!I

 

OK...I remember a story about my grandfather putting rusty nails in the ground around the hydrangea bushes to make them turn blue.  I remember those bushes in Nanny's back yard.  The blossoms were BLUE!!!

 

Another interesting thing about hydrangea bushes....there are several different types.  The most commonly planted are called mopheads:  the big floppy ones, like in the picture above.  Another popular type is Lacecap.  Instead of a big fluffy ball, the flowers are flat with a ring of blossoms around a central core.  I better take a picture to explain THAT.

 

 

OK...There are mountain hydrangeas, oakleaf hydrangeas, paniculata hydrangeas, and some others....

 

They are all beautiful, and blooming everywhere NOW!!!  Be on the lookout.

 

HAPPY GARDENING!!!