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August 29’s Friday Fleurday

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I love watching the colour progression of hydrangeas as they move through the summer.

The photos above and below are from mid-July when this large, gorgeous hydrangea shrub was in its creamy white stage.

Since this is a vanilla fraise (strawberry vanilla) hydrangea however, it has now begun its seasonal change to pink.

The photo above shows the gentle start of a blushy-pink tone but as time goes along, this colour strongly asserts itself.

I like this colour contrast between the blue sky and the rosy pink hydrangea.

It’s amazing how wonderfully these flowers last and change over a period of about two to three months.

These hydrangeas will eventually fade to brown but for now they look lovely in their cream and rose pink late summer dress.

Happy Friday.

42 thoughts on “August 29’s Friday Fleurday”

  4. That’s a gorgeous hydrangea! I’m trying to find another double-bloom variety to replace one that died years ago.

    Have you tried changing the soil’s ph to see if you get blue color change?

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    1. This particular hydrangea is a vanilla fraise (strawberry vanilla) and won’t change to blue but the bigleaf and mountain hydrangeas can be colour manipulated by adding (or reducing) aluminum sulphate to the soil. My mother was a wonderful gardener and had a lot of fun with this but you do have to have the right type of hydrangea that’s sensitive to soil ph and you would also probably have to wait for a season for the change to start taking effect.

      Good luck in your search for the right double bloom hydrangea for your garden. Cheers.

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    1. Thanks, Allan. It is a good segue but a bit sad, too. On an early walk this morning I saw some yellow leaves on the ground. I love autumn but I’m not a big fan of winter – had too much of it in the north! Cheers.

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      1. Leaves are dropping here too, mainly due to drought stress. Even though we have had more rain than usual, there is a water deficit to the point any rain soaks in immediately and does wash the mosquito eggs where they have been laid by the ponds. I can’t recall a summer with so few mosquitoes. Cheers.

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        1. We have been fortunate over the last ten months or so where rain is concerned and we have managed to avoid any major fires here in the valley. I understand that our water table is still down though. It takes such a long time to come back. It’s great not to have so many mossies but it’s not a good sign, either.

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  15. They also make a nice dried flower but one has to be super careful with them. I adore how they look and change colour. So excited both of mine bloomed this year!

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