No idea what this is called, it was here when I bought the house. The blooms started out pink, but they have added a lot of purple to them and some violet. The bushes are not nearly as large as the hydranges I used to grow in NW Florida...nor are they anywhere near as large as the oakleaf hydrangeas, but they may be a smaller variety, or it may be because the soil here is clay and the soil there is sand. In any case, they are pretty.
Shes a beauty Bama, looks so healthy too!
She gets fed often and watered almost daily. We have had a drought here since winter...a few really heavy rains interspersed with nada. Today it is in the 90s and it is suffocating outside. I had to go out and water the babies lest they all die.
BB
What do you feed your hydrangeas?
Patty
Very pretty! I love any flower that changes color while blooming.
I feed them Miracle Grow and every few weeks I give them some Epsom salts. Mostly I just make sure they have lots of water.
I love plants that change color when they bloom, too. There is a type of hibiscus that is native to this area. It is commonly called a Confederate Rose. They vary in color from almost white to dark pink....all on the same bush. And they make HUGE bushes...As tall as a house and almost as wide. I first noticed them when I was about 25 and asked my grandmother what they were. When I got back home I started trying to find them at the nurseries but all I could find were hibiscus...they were so big and so bushy I could not believe that they were hibiscus! I finally got furstrated and gave up. Now I know they really are a hibiscus and the plants I saw for sale were the same plants. LOL!
Thanks for info--I too love the color of the one you posted--looks like a light purple--will it change as the blooms mature or stay that pastel lilac???
They seem to change from a pinkish color, to a more purple color, to a lighter violet, almost blue color. This is my first year with these plants so I am learning them as I go.
