Yep, my hydrangeas are very blue this year except this one which is more purple.
Isn’t it gorgeous! I was so lucky that it was here when we bought the house. It was the only hydrangea in the yard and it was planted under an Apricot with a Dogwood next to it (both trees we’ve removed).
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It gets the overflow from one of our rain barrels so it’s very happy where it is even thought it gets lots of sun now that there are no trees next to it.
This hydrangea is one that I propagated. I had planted it under a Dogwood which died last year. So far it seems to like being by itself 🙂
We’ve had a pretty wet summer so far and since hydrangeas are water hogs, they are loving all this rain!
I also wanted to show you this quick project I did for my little Gnome Garden. If you’ve been reading this blog for any length of time you know that I like Gnomes! So I made my Gnomes a mushroom for their little area.
I had everything to make it so it was free! It’s just made out of the a clay pot and saucer. The pot is painted white and then you just set the saucer (painted red with white dots) on top. I sprayed the top with sealer.
Easy peasy! You can make them any size – it all depends on the size pot and saucer you use.
All my gardens are in full swing so I’ll have more photos next week of the vegetable garden and other blooms.
Have a great weekend!
Your hydrangeas look beautiful, Manuela! I had the blue ones at our old house. A couple of years before we moved I experimented by sticking several common nails around the base and they took on that purple color; some became variegated with a little blue, pink and purple. Loved them! The pink ones I put in last year around the condo are doing very well. It paid off going out and watering them every day last year during our very hot and humid weather. I plan on cutting a few of the flowers today and bringing them in the house.
My hydrangeas are so pretty this year too! Love that little project, easy enough for me to make:) Have a blessed day dear friend, HUGS!
Love the hydrangeas! I got a pink and a lime green bush for my birthday this year and they seem to be doing really well, unlike the last hydrangea I planted (may it rest in peace). Super cute idea for the mushroom pots:>)
Those hydrangeas are sooo pretty, Manuela! I love them, but I have never seen any in our town, so I doubt they do well in the hot Great Plains. More’s the pity! I did have some dried hydrangeas that lasted for years from my parents bush in MN. Have a blessed weekend and Happy First Day of Summer! Bess
Hi Manuela,
I love the mushroom pot and will be making one today ! Hydrangeas are my favorites, Mine are 20 years old and going strong.
Candye
My hydrangeas are just beginning to show off their blooms. I love, love, love them. Yours are gorgeous – such an intense blue.
Cute little mushroom pot!
Your hydrangeas are beautiful. This is the first time I have ever had them at my house. We inherited several bushes. The flowers are pretty but the leaves are a paler yellow green, so I know I must have to add some thing to them…
Cute gnome mushroom pot!
Thanks for sharing the beautiful hydrangeas!
Cute gnome mushroom. 🙂
Have a great weekend.
Love the gorgeous hydrangeas!! I have the pink and want a blue one badly! Your gnome mushroom is really cute. Great job!
Judy
Hi, Manuela! I love your gnome garden! Are they are vintage gnomes, and if so, where did you find them? I have looked for some for my garden but the vintage ones are so expensive! Your hydrangeas are beautiful — do you add anything to the soil to get that beautiful color?
Hi Patti,
One is vintage – the laying down one. I got him at a church sale a long time ago. She had two but I only bought one and I’ve always wished I had purchased both because they are hard to find.
Always nice to know another Gnome aficionado!
No I don’t do anything to get my hydrangeas that color.
Your hydrangeas are so beautiful! Did you know what color the flowers are depends on your soil type? I hope you’re cutting off bunches of flowers to make pretty bouquets around your house. That gnome mushroom is just too cute.
Thank you Melanie. Yes, I knew that about the soil. Some of my neighbors have more pinky purple hydrangeas. I think almost every house in this neighborhood has at least one hydrangea!
Oh boy am I ever envious of your hydrangeas. They are so gorgeous and so full. Enjoy them for me. We have so much alkali in our dirt and it’s so hot here, very dry it’s hard to grow them. I need to find out if there’s a hydrangea for this time of climate. We live in western CO and don’t have shade except where we don’t need it. Think I’ll be doing some research online about hydrangeas. So glad you shared the pictures of yours.
I just love yours and the color is breath taking. Would you like to dry some for me to send and I can appreciate them that way? I used to have some dried ones I bought at a festival in KY but they got all messed up on the move here.
Your mushroom is so cute, I’m going to have to make one also even if it’s a teeny one. I have to keep things up or our dog loves to carry garden things around in his mouth, he’s such a clown. Happy summer
Ha Ha what a funny puppy! At least he doesn’t dig!
I knew someone that lived in Denver and she had a hydrangea. I don’t know how close you are to Denver. I think it was Pee Gee or Annabelle – not sure, but I’m sure if you check your local nursery they would be able to tell you what variety grows well where you are. They like lots of water. Even in Georgia they wilt by mid afternoon if I haven’t watered them in the morning. Luckily we have 3 rain barrels to help otherwise my water bill would be sky high!
Oh yes make a little toadstool. I was thinking a really little one would be cute in a fairy garden!
Oh how I would LOVE to have those hydrangeas in my yard. We bought our first bush this year. I read your blog post about how to make them spread and intend to try it. I love them, and I really love to dry them.
Very pretty. I love your garden posts. Please keep them coming 🙂
You are amazing! Always doing the cutest things and you have a green thumb, too. Some gals… =D
How beautiful. I love the color.
The hydrangea are gorgeous! Cute gnomes! 🙂
I just love your hydrangeas. I miss having them here in Florida. Your gnome garden is adorable.
Have a great weekend,
Bev
Manuela, your hydrangeas are amazing! So gorgeous and full. Sorry I have not responded sooner with the move, etc. things have been tough fro me right now. Via my blog.
Cynthia