hydrangeas

It's been a good year for hydrangeas, and the neighborhood is full of them. SO on my last walk, I grabbed the camera and went hydrangea hunting. The colors constantly amaze me. This one is almost cyclamen-colored.

You can't get much bluer than this. I want a dress this color!! It will make my eyes as bright as forget-me-nots.

Some folks are mad for lace-cap hydrangeas, but they just don't make me want to sing and dance.

These next two bushes are on opposite sides of the same yard. I know hydrangeas are like litmus paper, and change color depending on the acidity of the soil, so I wonder if the bush next to the sidewalk gets peed on by passing dogs, or if it is, indeed, a different cultivar.

DH bought me a hydrangea for my birthday and we planted it in the back yard. Here's hoping it will thrive! What with gophers and moles and squirrels and so on, not to mention my ignorance, and the vaguries of nature, if something doesn't thrive on neglect, it will die for me.

Since we trimmed the apple tree, the roses that were languishing in its shade are blooming like mad. Gee - plants like sunlight. who knew?