IS IT BLUE FRIDAY???? HYDRANGEAS!! by gardenlady

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IS IT BLUE FRIDAY???? HYDRANGEAS!!
### I was just about to post this post about my BLUE hydrangeas, when I saw a couple blue color challenge posts ....great timing!

![IMG_7735.JPG](https://steemitimages.com/DQmWG4Sb1c5QshhcUyZhR1bTJWGwV93vJQbJdFCi253rdp5/IMG_7735.JPG)

### So....the blue hydrangeas are called "mop head" hydrangeas...Latin name is hydrangea macrophylla.  The flowers come from the old wood.  

### TIP!!  If you want lots of flowers in June, DO NOT cut the stalks back in the prior fall or winter or spring!

## each spring you'll see 2 kinds of new growth.  You'll see green leaves sprouting from the old stalks, and you'll see new green growth at the base.

## Your flowers will come from the old stalks.  You might notice that by end of May some of the old stalks just haven't produced new buds. Well, then those particular stalks should be cut down .  

## Some recent years  in NJ we have had some warm weather in February which has stimulated bud growth, but then we got a deep freeze in April! Woe to the buds of the macrophylla hydrangea.

### why are some blue hydrangea actually pink?  It is the soil acidity that determines the color.  The more acidic, the more blue.  

## Here are my hydrangea along the pool back in May when they were getting their buds:
![IMG_7423.JPG](https://steemitimages.com/DQmf4YL5WhNagVf3dzNkLY1xr8gCtPVJ1T3dqrwuNLTDxQR/IMG_7423.JPG)

## Close up
![IMG_7422.JPG](https://steemitimages.com/DQmaV9zcFBSq7z2CicSzWcdiVcm7Js3WSZgQDNGvnG4S7oT/IMG_7422.JPG)

## Same hedge end of June
![IMG_7733.JPG](https://steemitimages.com/DQmefmjayvXMRyqWsEiNSDGG1WS5fkzsFyswT33jwojoR5s/IMG_7733.JPG)

## Closer
![IMG_7736.JPG](https://steemitimages.com/DQmaMRHxqX4dWJP7fHrsVn1M8my6n1L1t2Bqx3wh3kPDe3X/IMG_7736.JPG)

## Closer
![IMG_7733.JPG](https://steemitimages.com/DQmPMx43Ef12Znr5eRfYabBUFDSKcjYLMV86BNQTdHwQDhz/IMG_7733.JPG)

### Closest
![IMG_7741.JPG](https://steemitimages.com/DQmX8jTtxYGUcXkPocz3hj2CD4DfWE4h6TqQtM5Xm6sNmKE/IMG_7741.JPG)

### this year there was tons of blue, but you can also see some pink as well as some purplish/pinkish.  I could probably get them ALL blue by amending the soil, but I kinda like the mix!

HAPPY GARDENING!

### @gardenlady
(all photos from my iPhone 6+)
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@awpmaster ·
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Wow beautiful flowers @gardenlady
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@arckrai ·
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Haha I love the different shots making it feel like I am zooming in with you 
They are some beautiful hydrangeas and it is even better that it coincides with the colour challenge haha
Great Shots @gardenlady and thank you for your tips and suggestions
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@sgnsteems ·
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Those are beautiful blues @gardenlady! Perfect for the challenge! :)
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@top7 ·
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nice flowers, upvoted
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@hqmafa420 ·
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As always hydrageas looks gorgeous  here:)

Beautiful garden you have, as beeing  gardener I can say:   Keep it green :))
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@natashahall ·
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Stunning hydrangeas! Nice work @gardenlady :)
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@florijansworld ·
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Great content, thank you for sharing! :D
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@katdvine ·
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Great shots of some really beautiful flowers. I just love the use colour. 
My father used to bury rusty nails under some of our Hydrangeas to get them to flower blue, and it worked. Blue, pink, white, purple or even green.... I love all the different varieties of colour of Hydrangeas. 
Very interesting post too. 😀
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@gardenlady ·
I've tried coffee grounds too...although I can't really tell if it worked ;-/
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@katdvine ·
I've never heard of that before. We've always used nails or iron.
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@mady27 ·
Nice work mam, Can you give some tip how to grow and type of soil to be use for germination of  red climbing rose seeds ?
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@gardenlady ·
I don't really do much growing from seed.  Usually you need a sterile soul mix I think. Good luck.
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@garden-to-eat ·
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Beautiful!!  Keep them watered.
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@violetmed ·
Beautiful! I have some old hydrangeas in my flower bed that usually die completely back and leaf out in the spring. I don't think they even got flowers on them this past spring! I think it's time I moved them somewhere with more sun. I have lots of other plants in the same circular flower bed around a tree and I have kind of just ignored them.
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@gardenlady ·
Good luck!
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@creative-mind ·
All of the shots are beautiful :)
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@gardenlady ·
Thank you
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@blazing ·
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wow it is fascinating to watch wonderful.
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@measbong ·
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All the photos are very beautiful and stunning! Thats so satisfying to look at them! I upvoted and resteem :) And also followed you!
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