For Wordless Wednesday, let your images tell the story.
“Yet suddenly the blue revives, it seems, and in among these clusters one discovers a tender blue rejoicing in the green.” ~ Rainer Maria Rilke, Blaue Hortensie, July 1906
Sharing for Becky B’s square renewal/beginnings, Cee’s FOTD, and Dawn’s spring festival.
Please join me this Sunday for May’s Sunday Stills monthly color challenge: COBALT BLUE 💙
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I love your gorgeous hydrangea!
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Thank you, Susanne! I wish I could get them to live through a winter. I have to start over every year.
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Ah, an expensive proposition! They’re perennial on this side of the mountains.
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Jealous–warmer and wetter over there! I thought my two would make it even after I wrapped them in burlap (they were in pots) and tucked them away in a “warmer” spot against the house out of the elements 😦
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That’s interesting. They live through the winter up here in zone 3 with-40. I know, from living out there, that they survive beautifully on Canada’s west coast.
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I may have had bad luck with mine, Bernie.
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Beautiful.
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That’s a stunner!!
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Thanks, Bernie! This weekend, I’m going to plant some dahlias and gladiolus. My luck with hydrangeas is minimal in terms of keeping them alive over the winter.
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Love those flowers. Such a great color.
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Thank you, Graham. Hydrangeas are so pretty in their various colors.
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beautiful blues 💜💜
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Thank you, Willow! 💙
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Love your blue hydrangeas. Mine is Pink.
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Thank you, Lisa! I had red ones last year, I think pink is their natural color 🙂
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Beautiful colors and hydrangea 😀
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Thank you, Cee!
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Those hydrangeas are amazing! Great photo. 🩵
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Thank you, Colleen! Costco had red ones and the blue ones this time 🙂
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So pretty! I heard you have to keep the soil acidic to get certain colors. I never had a chance to grow hydrangeas.
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That’s true, certain types of fertilizers dictate the bloom colors. I have no idea which does what! 😳💙
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I think you have to work the acidic fertilizer for hydrangeas into the soil around the plant???
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Yes. We were at home depot yesterday and I bought another hydrangea. Same blue. Someone suggested coffee grounds for the soil.
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Great idea! I bet the hydrangeas will be beautiful!
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Wonderful vibrant blues, Terri. I love hydrangeas and that one’s a beauty.
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Thank you, Diana! This one had a lot of blue heads and blossoms!
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Love the Hydrangea blue 😀
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Thank you, Brian! 💙
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Cobalt is such a beautiful shade of blue.
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It is, so rich. I’ll have more this Sunday 💙
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[…] Posted on 09/05/2024 by Indira #WordlessWednesday: Garden Beginnings with a Cobalt Flare […]
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Flowers are so beautiful. Rich blue.
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Thank you, Indira!
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My pleasure, Terri.
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wow that blue – great squares 🙂
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Thank you, Becky! I’ll have a bunch more blue squares on Sunday.
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Fabulous
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Hi Terri, This is such a beautiful shade of hydrangeas. They look like they’re painted :).
Here’s my post for the challenge. https://wordpress.com/post/smithavpennings.com/56031
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Thank you, Smitha! The early blooms come out looking like they are painted–good call.
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Ah, really. I had no idea. They’re lovely.
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Hi, Terri – Those Blue Hydrangeas are absolutely stunning. What a wonderful way to celebrate Spring! ❤
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Thank you, Donna! They are quite lovely aren’t they?
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The colors are stunning Terri! My Twist-and-Shout Hydrangeas are periwinkle blue, with no pink, due to the soil content. They are gorgeous when they bloom. I have not turned on my water yet and yesterday I had my A/C tune-up and she worked in the pouring rain for 90 minutes. She said “your water isn’t turned on, I wanted to spray your condensor.” I said “we had frost last week and it only got to about 60 today, so I rarely turn it on before the Cottonwood flies!”
(I am having some issues with WP and it is only displaying a few posts at a time in Reader … tonight I am able to go down, as opposed to my usual method of catching up by returning to where I last left off – if I do that, I am returned to the top of Reader after each comment – grrr. I am sure it has something to do with this new “Recent” category WP has added. I am awaiting a response from the Happiness Engineers as another blogger had/has the same issue. Time to think of changing to e-mail subscriptions.)
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Thank you, Linda! I prefer the blue ones. We have a lot of acidic soil here and also where we lived in Sacramento. Although mine are now in pots. Cute name Twist and Shout.
I read almost all posts via email. The Reader shows too many posts, some from those who post multiple times. I’ve changed my email and notifications settings and adjusted for certain bloggers. Better for me this way.
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I prefer them as well Terri as they are much showier in blue. I remembered the name from the Beatles tune.
I don’t know what is wrong with Reader, but it has been frustrating, so I will need to go that route as well and soon. I thought I’d stay here until midnight if need be since I could see more than a few posts at a time.
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