Blue Hydrangeas And Roses
Landscaping with hydrangeas is popular due to their captivating display of beautiful flowers and foliage.
Blue hydrangeas and roses. Spectacular photograph of a massive fuchsia coloured hydrangea garden. Sea of blue hydrangeas at the foot of a forest. Hydrangeas offer varied and extravagant blooms throughout summer and into fall when many shrubs have completed their show. Conditions for blue hydrangeas.
White picket fence with blue hydrangea flowers above and through creating a beautiful fence and garden effect. There are 1589 roses blue hydrangea for sale on etsy and they cost 49 46 on average. The causative agent for blue color is the aluminum ion. Blue hydrangeas ligustrum berries viburnum autumn fern euphorbia foliage magnolia foliage sarcococca foliage.
To determine the ph of your garden soil purchase a. It s available to plants in acid soil but not in alkaline soil. The most popular color. They come in enticing shades of white cream pink blue and purple and in lacecap and oakleaf shapes as well as the familiar mophead.
C olor of hydrangea flowers can be manipulated by simply altering the ph level of the soil. Anchor the corners of your garden with the tall and handsome burgundy colored fountain grass. A sun lover its showy purple plumes will float in the breeze and provide a bit of shade for the hydrangeas. Cascading wall of blue violet and pink hydrangea flowers.
Designed by jay lugbihl of in bloom. In strongly acid soil ph below 6 flowers turn blue. Blue hydrangeas require an acid based soil with a ph below 5 5. If right growing conditions are provided it is also an easy to care shrub.
For the most common french hydrangeas hydrangea macrophylla the flower color indicates the ph of the soil. Photo by taylor mathis. French hydrangeas are unique in the fact that the soil ph affects the flower color. Blue fescue which forms bluish gray tufts loves full or partial sun just like hydrangeas.
They can show off in gardens or containers and because they tolerate both wind and salt make an ideal choice for the seaside summer. In alkaline soil ph above 7. Cultivating blue hydrangea flowers requires some planning. Soil ph can also be lowered more gradually by applying an acidic organic mulch such as pine needles or pine bark.
To encourage blue hydrangea flowers grow the plant in soil that has a ph of 5 2 5 5. If your soil is more alkaline you can lower the ph by applying soil acidifier at the rate specified on the package.