I love hydrangeas and if they weren’t such water suckers I would surround my house with them.
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I always thought “Hydrangea House” would be a lovely name for a home. As it is, I have to work to keep mine blooming during our hot summers (which seem to get drier and drier and hotter and hotter).
They are really easy to propagate like forsythia. I wrote about Blooms On a Budget and included how I propagate hydrangeas. It’s really easy!
I thought I’d share a few photos of my hydrangeas with you since most of them started to bloom a few days ago when we got some torrential rain.
I have one Pee Gee hydrangea that’s at the end of it’s bloom and turning this lovely pink color.
The rest are lovely shades of blue!
Thanks for sharing these! My large hydrangea bush hadn’t bloomed in a couple of years and I was ready to dig it up. Thank goodness I waited because there are flowers buds all over it this year. I can’t wait until they bloom. Yours are lovely.
I love hydrangeas but unfortunately they don’t grow where I live.
Manuela, Your hydrangeas are just beautiful. I love the blue ones. I just purchased an Endless Summer (blue) one today for our yard and can’t wait for it to bloom. I can see a couple of tiny buds on it already. My only hydrangea is a PeeGee and it’s huge and old. Blessings, Pamela
Love the blue hydrangeas in the yellow pitcher. And I really like Hydrangea House.
Brenda
I love hydrangeas, too — it’s a real balancing act getting them enough shade so they don’t burn up in our ever hotter and dryer summers, also, but not so much shade that they don’t bloom. Overall, this seems to be a really good year for hydrangeas, although my trusty old Nikko Blue is blooming pink!
Gorgeous! I had no idea that hydrangeas needed so much water. This year, it wouldn’t be a problem. The blue hydrangea in the yellow pitcher is perfection.
Hydrangeas are so pretty!!! Thanks for sharing yours. I don’t get enough direct sun to grow them in my courtyard.
Hope you have a great weekend also !!
I love hydrangeas and yours look gorgeous. l really like your photo of the hydrangeas growing by the wooden fence and yes, that yellow pitcher looks lovely on your table.
Mine are just starting to bloom. It is the highlight of the gardening season for me. Thanks for the tip on propagating. Even though I have 15 plants I could always find room for more :).
Your hydrangeas are so beautiful. I love them too but they don’t do very well here in dry old Utah. They must like moisture in the air which we have very little of. Your new shade of blue on the mirror is so pretty. Love your garden gate too. I might have to do something similar. Mimi
I wish I could grow hydrangeas too. These are lovely.
Beautiful Hydrangeas. Did you know that they are an indicator if your soil is acid or alkaline? Pink flowers equals acidic soil – blue flowers equals alkaline and a bush that flowers in both colours is in a *just right* soil that has a perfect mix of the two.
I can’t grow them where I am. Too much water, but my mother used to grow them when I was little. They are one of those things that takes me right back to my childhood! Thanks for the trip 🙂
I have blue ones but have been itching to get a pink one:) Yours are gorgeous! Have a blessed and beautiful day, HUGS!
I adore hydrangea! Mine has it’s flowers beginning to bud and it is going to be full! I am so excited!
Yours are lovely!
I am so envious! I planted several last year, woke up one morning and they were gone, due to hungry deer. Hubby is building a taller fence this Summer, so hopefully that will keep the deer out and I’ll be able to grow anything I want. I too love the way they look as a center piece 🙂
I have had one for about 3 yrs now and it has only bloomed one flower about 2 yrs ago. It is on the west side of our home and gets afternoon sun. What am I doing wrong, should it be in the shade in the afternoon? I would love to know the secret to growing this plant. It is a good size, not huge, but big. Thanks for any info you care share!
Lisa, I had the same experience with my hydrangea bush; one or two blooms the first year, only a few more the second year and several years after that. Finally, this year the bush is filled with blooms, although they seem smaller in diameter than previous years. I was tempted to dig the bush up and replace it with something else, until this year. I didn’t do anything to it at all to coax it to bloom so profusely. Perhaps patience is the key to success with these plants. I am glad to read the advice about them needing lots of water. I need to water more often, as this is such a dry summer.
Your hydrangeas are beautiful. There are on my list to plant when I end up in my forever home.
Your hydrangeas are so beautiful! And thanks for the link to the blooms on a budget. Had read that before and remembered your method of propagating hydrangeas but couldn’t remember where I saw it! We are in the process of purchasing a home and both of us think a hydrangea bush or two would be so pretty in the front flowerbed!
I LOVE em…..my FAVORITE! I only have a Pink PeeGee here, and it has not even begun to bloom yet…I am thankful for it. I will miss my blues and deep pinks and purples this summer…I shall have to purchase some…. thanks for sharing the beauty and tour, Manuela!!!! LOVELY yard. 🙂 Have a great weekend!!!
Thanks so much for explaining in your other post about how to propagate hydrangea! I’ll have to try that. Mine are so pretty each year but each big plant only produces about 3 big blooms. Wonder why?!?
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Big TX Hugs,
Stephanie
I love hydrangeas. In the fall, I let the blooms dry naturally on the bush and then bring them inside for flower arrangements or wreaths. That way I can enjoy them year-round.
I’ve always LOVED hydrangeas! I have some dried one in a vase I’ve enjoyed for ages!
I would like to have them in my garden. I don’t see any of them in my area though. (The Houston area)
I love Hydrangeas! They look beautiful.
Cynthia
Hmmmm, I planted a hydrangea once and it didn’t survive. Maybe I didn’t water it enough? I have a greenish brown thumb at best. lol. Now that I know they require lots of water maybe I’ll give these beauties another try!
Your photos are just amazing! I am so in love with them!
Your hydrangeas are amazing! We bought two small ones last summer and they’re planted by our front sidewalk. Being in northern IL, they’re only green right now – no blooms yet.
Wow! Your hydrangeas are absolutely gorgeous! Such a lovely shade of blue!They look beautiful in that yellow pitcher…a stunning display! The hydrangeas in my garden are yet to bloom! Thanks for sharing these glorious blooms and how to propagate them and for your lovely comment on my succulents. Have a wonderful evening!~Poppy
Manuela, Your blooms are magnificent! I bought my first blue hydrangeas this year. I wish they were as prolific as yours! Maybe with time, they’ll continue to produce more blooms. I’m not complaining- just wish the plants were as BIG as your specimens, LOL My regular hydrangeas are just starting to bud. love the white- but the blue are bee-uu-tee-ful!