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Gardening

Jilly_in_VA

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1. Hydrangea color

Reply to elleng (Original post)

Sun Jun 22, 2025, 02:29 PM

Jun 22

depends on the composition of your soil. I think it has to be on the alkaline side for the blooms to stay pink year after year. We've brought home pink hydrangeas and the next year the blooms were blue, every single time, because our soil is on the acid side, and they stay that way no matter what we put in the soil.

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Hydrangea 'colors' [View all] elleng Jun 22 OP

Hydrangea color Jilly_in_VA Jun 22 #1

My wife's second favorite after Peonies. Tomorrow we leave for our annual sabbatical to the land of Hydrangea surfered Jun 22 #2

PEONIES are EARLY here, and have been gone for weeks. elleng Jun 22 #4

I love them samplegirl Jun 22 #3

Beautiful! maccafan Jun 22 #5

Color relates to pH of the soil. elleng Jun 22 #6