Hydrangeas from my Garden

Photo Credit: CK Worley

Hydrangeas are the perfect bouquet flower with many different colors ranging from blue to white to pink. The soil has a lot to do with the color of the flower.

Photo Credit: CK Worley

 A pH of less than 5.5 will give you more blue tones
A pH of more than 5.5 will produce more flowers in the pink family.

Care is easy. Cut away the dead wood in the fall or early spring. They do like water and will let you know by their wilting leaves when they need more.

Here are some of the photos I took of my mop head and lace-cap hydrangeas.





I’m so glad they decided to bloom because last year I didn’t get one blossom!
That was weather related I’m afraid.

Photo Credit: CK Worley

 My Oakleaf  Hydrangea didn’t bloom this year at all because I pruned it at the wrong time.

The Oakleaf flowers from the previous years growth so pruning in the winter or early spring will cut off all the blooms for that summer.

It’s best to prune right after they flower and before the new blossoms form.

Lesson learned.

Photo Credit: CK Worley

How old is the hydrangea plant?



The oldest fossils found dated back to 40 - 65 million years ago. They were found in Alaska, Oregon and California.








The plant was used to help with kidney stones and bronchitis many thousands of years ago in China and Japan so the species has been around for a very long time.

Photo Credit: CK Worley

Photo Credit: CK Worley

There are flowers that go with anniversaries. I never knew that!

#1-  Carnation

#2 -  Lily of The Valley

#3 - The Sunflower




And to celebrate the Fourth Wedding Anniversary - the flower is the Hydrangea!


 So if you know someone who is celebrating their 4th Anniversary. A Hydrangea plant would be the perfect gift!

Photo Credit: CK Worley

 I hope you enjoyed the hydrangeas from my garden here at Setters Run.