My grandma has the biggest and prettiest baby pink and lilac hydrangeas I have ever seen in her garden on the island. She gave a tree to my mom so she could start her own line, but since my mom has no green thumb whatsoever, the didn’t make it long…
We call them hortenzije here:) But the english name is very fitting since they require a lot of water to survive!
Yep, all the tourist always ask her if they can have their photos taken in her gardens! She just recently got some weird tree with leaves that smell like lemon when they crushed in between fingers. We have no idea how’s it called, but I’d use it as a perfume if I could, how good it smells!
How intriguing! I would probably spend all day just crushing the leaves and smelling them, LOL! El Hub makes fun of me because my sense of smell is so “ON” (he says I have the nose of a basset hound).
Love them! We planted a bunch last spring then they all promptly died. 🙁 I think the hubbie over watered them…
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Love em so much I have them planted in my yard! Fun fact, you can change the color to a certain extent by futzing with the PH levels of the soil. The more acidic the soil the pinker the hydrangeas.
Love them! Just planted a miniature hydrangea bush last summer. It’s supposed to be a deep pink (won’t change with soil ph levels). Can’t wait to see if it comes back and blooms this summer!
Just remembered my neighbor’s white hydrangea bushes from when I was little…we used to always call them the “snowball bushes” because we thought they looked like giant snowballs while they were in bloom 🙂
I adore Hydrangeas! My niece live sin Portland and they are in abundance there–she has the most porgeous ones in her yard–pink,& periwinkle!
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Have you seen lacy hydrangeas? They are so delicate and pretty. My mom has gone hydrangea crazy. She dries a bunch each year and now has vases of them all over the house.
JC says
I love Hydrangeas. I think they are so pretty.
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Karen says
Me too! I think they might be one of my favorite flowers.
Sonja says
My grandma has the biggest and prettiest baby pink and lilac hydrangeas I have ever seen in her garden on the island. She gave a tree to my mom so she could start her own line, but since my mom has no green thumb whatsoever, the didn’t make it long…
We call them hortenzije here:) But the english name is very fitting since they require a lot of water to survive!
Karen says
Your grandmas garden sounds beautiful!
Sonja says
Yep, all the tourist always ask her if they can have their photos taken in her gardens! She just recently got some weird tree with leaves that smell like lemon when they crushed in between fingers. We have no idea how’s it called, but I’d use it as a perfume if I could, how good it smells!
Karen says
How intriguing! I would probably spend all day just crushing the leaves and smelling them, LOL! El Hub makes fun of me because my sense of smell is so “ON” (he says I have the nose of a basset hound).
Kelly says
Love them! We planted a bunch last spring then they all promptly died. 🙁 I think the hubbie over watered them…
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Karen says
I think they’re very picky about water and sunlight. When I usually see them they’re in a shady spot…
Kelly says
Yeah ours were in mostly sun and the hubbie drenched them with water every day. I warned him! 🙂
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Karen says
That might’ve been a big part of it! Those suckers love the shade!
Marcie says
I love hydrangeas! I used green ones in my wedding florals!
Karen says
That sounds really pretty! Did you have them in your bouquet?
lexi says
They are so pretty – these look hand painted!
Karen says
Totally… it looks as though a very talented watercolor painter went to town on ’em.
Vonvon says
They are beautiful……………
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Karen says
Don’t they just make you smile?
Chrissy says
They are beautiful, especially the colored onces like these!
Karen says
I love them too! They look unreal!
Kate says
Periwinkle is my favorite shade, so I love them!
Karen says
I love Periwinkle! Here are a few fun facts about the color from the Crayola website, if you’re interested:
http://www.crayola.com/colorcensus/americas_favorites/display.cfm?color=268
Kate says
Interesting info. Thanks!
Lisa S. says
Love em so much I have them planted in my yard! Fun fact, you can change the color to a certain extent by futzing with the PH levels of the soil. The more acidic the soil the pinker the hydrangeas.
Susan says
Love them! Just planted a miniature hydrangea bush last summer. It’s supposed to be a deep pink (won’t change with soil ph levels). Can’t wait to see if it comes back and blooms this summer!
Susan says
Just remembered my neighbor’s white hydrangea bushes from when I was little…we used to always call them the “snowball bushes” because we thought they looked like giant snowballs while they were in bloom 🙂
Karen says
Aww, how cute. 🙂
Did you ever pick any? When I was a kid I was always tempted to go into yards and go to town on the flowers!
Cindy (Prime Beauty) says
I adore Hydrangeas! My niece live sin Portland and they are in abundance there–she has the most porgeous ones in her yard–pink,& periwinkle!
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Karen says
How pretty! I would love all those colors in my yard.
Kate & Zena says
They’re pretty but the devil for me. I’m so allergic to their pollen!
Karen says
Allergies suck! I feel your pain.
Rachael says
They love shade?! I need to get me some of those stat! My patio gets almost no sun, these would be perfect!
Karen says
They do! When I lived out in the Richmond district (aka fog central) in SF, there were tons of ’em all over the place.
Stef says
I love them, but we have no shade in our yard, which means no hydrangeas.
Scientific Housewife says
I love hydrangeas!
diane says
Gorgeous!
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Steph B says
Have you seen lacy hydrangeas? They are so delicate and pretty. My mom has gone hydrangea crazy. She dries a bunch each year and now has vases of them all over the house.
All Women Stalker says
Gorgeous! I love going to my boyfriend’s mom’s place because she has these beautiful hydrangeas 🙂
Julia says
My favorite flower! I have a bunch in the front of my house. I adore them!
Sakura says
They were in my bridal bouquet! I love them!