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In Bloom

June 30, 2010 by Katie

What I’m growing at our house…

It’s big. And blue.

I have more hydrangeas than I know what to do with.

Seriously. I wish I could just give you all some of them.  I have already made/given away several bouquets and you can’t even tell we clipped any.  Not that I’m complainin’….just sayin’, I wish I could give more away.

This is a young one. Working on blue-ifying itself.

Mom H says I can change the color for next year by altering the pH of the soil. That’s chemistry….I don’t know if I should delve into that.  But good to know that if I tire of the blue, I can have pink/purple ones instead.

They look lovely grouped in large bouquets.  Especially in my pretty purple birthday pitcher from the in-laws.

Unfortunately, if you have cats your pretty bouquets may not last as long as you’d like. They like to play the game of “lets pull mom’s flowers out & leave them all over the house for her to pick up after they’ve withered away all day”.

Who me? I’ve just been sleeping here all day. Not being mischievous whatsoever.


3 Comments »

  1. Kim says:

    Those are gorgeous Katie – I love hydrangeas – wish you could sprinkle some in my yard.

  2. Janice says:

    Gorgeous!! I keep waiting for my bush to bloom in my back yard….I am sure my blossoms will seem like midgets compared to yours.

  3. Mindy Harris says:

    holy hand grenades, those are so gorgeous! one of my favorite flowers. i would take a bundle if we didn’t live so damn far from ya.

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