More hydrangeas, but I do like them …
… mountain hydrangeas are the least common hydrangea. These have much smaller flowers but the plants are extremely hardy and will survive harsh winters and climates.
And very pretty!
August 13’s Friday Flower
More hydrangeas, but I do like them …
… mountain hydrangeas are the least common hydrangea. These have much smaller flowers but the plants are extremely hardy and will survive harsh winters and climates.
And very pretty!
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I had no idea that there were mountain hydrangeas. They are surprisingly more hardy than I thought. Have a great weekend. Linda
They are a recent discovery for me, too. I saw them in a park planter in Vancouver and realised that they looked like hydrangeas, but also different. I had to look them up. Thanks, Linda, you have a good weekend, as well.
Much smaller. I wouldn’t even have noticed them as hydrangea.
I saw many of them in a large park planter in Vancouver. To me, they definitely had the four-petal hydrangea configuration, but the other little parts of the bloom looked so different. Was a surprise to look them up and find out what they are!
How fun for you!
I have one that blooms in a similar way (when it actually blooms) and I’m not as big of a fan. One of the things I love about a classic hydrangea is the huge, full cluster blooms. These that bloom in stages across the cluster don’t give you that same show. It’s still pretty, but if I’d known that was how it was going to bloom, I would have gotten a different type.
The ones you would like are called “mophead” hydrangeas. They have large round clusters; they are my favourite, too, and the ones you would usually see around people’s yards.
Are these some that bloom more pink or more blue depending on the ph of the soil?
The “mophead” hydrangeas (they have large round clusters of flowers and are the ones most commonly found in gardens) are affected by soil ph. This can alter them from red to pink, blue to lavender, and all the shades in between, including a light yellow or cream. Sometimes there are different colours on the same plant. The white hydrangeas aren’t affected by ph and will stay white. Cheers.
I wondered if the mountain hydrangeas did the same thing.
Some do, but others don’t. They are the contrarians of the hydrangea crowd!