I love hydrangeas! We called them Snowball Bushes when I was a kid. I learned that the color depends on the PH of the soil, the blue needs acidic soil. So maybe the runoff from the rain washed something acidic into the soil?
Acidic soil, of course, promotes the blueness, so perhaps the rain composition did have an impact! These are so beautiful, Anna - the camera captured a lovely color.
Those are just beautiful. I wonder if I can grow them here? When I lived in Arizona, nothing grew well (except roses, go figure!) Since moving to Utah, I've been enjoying planting all of the things I could never grow there....
Utterly breathtaking. I've noticed the hydrangeas in my area have also been unusually beautiful. Almost makes flooding worth it.
ReplyDeleteI believe hydrangea color's determined by the degree of alum in the soil. Lovely indeed.
ReplyDeleteThe amount of blueness depends on the amount of aluminum sulfate in the soil.
ReplyDeletePink can be changed to blue and also the reverse.
White color cannot be changed.
I love hydrangeas! We called them Snowball Bushes when I was a kid. I learned that the color depends on the PH of the soil, the blue needs acidic soil. So maybe the runoff from the rain washed something acidic into the soil?
ReplyDelete::sighs:: I have such a soft spot in my heart for deep, blue hydrangeas.
ReplyDeleteI think it was just growing up in Virginia and loving the daffodils that brought in the spring, which brought in the hydrangeas.
Stunning!
ReplyDeletewow - just beautiful.
ReplyDeleteLove, love, love them! They are everywhere here where we live too. So gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteI wish you could see the hydrangeas where I used to live in
ReplyDeleteVolcano, Hawaii.
Volcanic soil and a continual mist creates colors like I have never seen in nature.
Hydrangeas are my favorites.
Yours are lovely.
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Gorgeous!
ReplyDelete~Kate
Do you know a lot about hydrangeas? I think pill bugs (roly poly, isopod) are eating mine. Any suggestions?
ReplyDeleteAcidic soil, of course, promotes the blueness, so perhaps the rain composition did have an impact!
ReplyDeleteThese are so beautiful, Anna - the camera captured a lovely color.
Acid rain, maybe?
ReplyDeleteThose are just beautiful. I wonder if I can grow them here? When I lived in Arizona, nothing grew well (except roses, go figure!) Since moving to Utah, I've been enjoying planting all of the things I could never grow there....
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